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Blue Nile

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Blue Nile
A river of northeast Africa. It is the chief headstream of the Nile and flows about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) from northwest Ethiopia to Sudan. At Khartoum it merges with the White Nile to form the Nile River proper.
Blue Nile
n
(Placename) a river in E Africa, rising in central Ethiopia as the Abbai and flowing southeast, then northwest to join the White Nile. Length: about 1530 km (950 miles)
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Noun1.Blue Nile - a headstream of the Nile; joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile


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North of Esh Shawal, traces of the lake's eastern shoreline become vague, because sediments dumped there by the Blue Nile have covered the area.
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The tributaries of the Nile running from the Ethiopian highlands contribute 86 per cent of its water flow as follows: The Blue Nile 59 percent, Baro-Akobo (Sobat) 14 percent, Tekezze (Atbara)(21) 13 percent.
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