White Nile River

river, Africa
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Also known as: Al-Baḥr Al-Abyaḍ
Arabic:
Baḥr al-Abyaḍ

White Nile River, section of the Nile between Malakal, South Sudan, and Khartoum, Sudan. It is formed by the confluence of the Mountain Nile (Baḥr al-Jabal) and the Sobat River above Malakal, and it flows for about 500 miles (800 km) northeast and north past Al-Rank, Kūstī (railway bridge), Al-Duwaym, and Jabal al-Awliyāʾ (irrigation dam) to join the Blue Nile at Khartoum and form the Nile proper. This wide and shallow section of the river runs placidly along a small slope and is frequently fringed with swamps. The total length of the White Nile, including its major tributary, the Mountain ...(100 of 173 words)