Nile Basin

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drainage basin geographical region river basin

The Nile Basin is the extensive drainage region of the Nile River, spanning multiple countries in northeastern Africa and supporting diverse ecosystems and large human populations dependent on its water resources.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Nile Basin canonical 40
Nile River basin 17
Nile basin 7

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
borderedBySeaViaRiverMouth Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
countryContains Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
drainedBy Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
environmentalIssue deforestation in headwater regions ⓘ
land degradation ⓘ
pollution from agriculture and urban areas ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
wetland loss ⓘ
governedByCooperativeBody Nile Basin Initiative ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic arid and semi-arid zones ⓘ
tropical highland zones ⓘ
hasPart Atbara River ⓘ
surface form: Atbara River Basin

Eastern Nile sub-basin ⓘ
surface form: Blue Nile Basin

Lake Victoria basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Victoria Basin

Nile Delta ⓘ
surface form: Nile Delta region

Sudd ⓘ
surface form: Sudd wetlands

Nile Equatorial Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: White Nile Basin
hasPopulationCharacteristic large human population dependent on Nile waters ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeast Africa ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Africa
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
majorLake Lake Tana ⓘ
Lake Victoria ⓘ
majorTributary Atbara River ⓘ
Blue Nile ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
name Nile Basin self-link ⓘ
subjectOf transboundary water management agreements ⓘ
supportsEcosystemType delta ecosystems ⓘ
floodplain ecosystems ⓘ
riverine ecosystems ⓘ
wetland ecosystems ⓘ
supportsHumanActivity domestic water supply ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
industrial water use ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
navigation ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilo-Saharian → majorCenter → Nile Basin ⓘ
Nile Basin Initiative → regionServed → Nile Basin ⓘ
Equatorial lakes region → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region
White Nile → partOfDrainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
Victoria Nile → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
First Cataract of the Nile → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African drainage basin
Lake Albert → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
Rwenzori Mountains → drainage → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile basin
Kigali → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
African Great Lakes → hydrologicalBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam → partOfRiverBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
Roseires Dam → riverBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
Täkkäze (Amharic transliteration) → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Täkkäze
this entity surface form: Nile basin
Khashm el-Girba Dam → locatedInDrainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
Nile Valley and Nile Delta → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
Upper Atbara and Setit Dam Complex → locatedIn → Nile Basin ⓘ
Lake Edward → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River system
Angereb River → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Angereb River → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
Sudd → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile basin
Upper Nile Valley → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Upper Nile Valley → hasStrategicImportanceFor → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile Basin countries
Shinfa River → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Shinfa River → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile drainage basin
Malapteruridae → foundInBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Gilgel Abay River → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile basin
Mount Heha → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Notopteridae → nativeTo → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Mormyridae → nativeTo → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Gymnarchidae → nativeTo → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
NBI → regionServed → Nile Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Nile Basin Initiative
Undugu group → locatedIn → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile Basin region
Undugu group → regionServed → Nile Basin ⓘ
Nile Council of Ministers → hasJurisdiction → Nile Basin ⓘ
Nile Technical Advisory Committee → riverBasinServed → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River Basin
Nile Technical Advisory Committee → areaServed → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile Basin region
NBI Secretariat → locatedIn → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile Basin region
NBI Secretariat → regionServed → Nile Basin ⓘ
Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program Coordination Unit → operatesInRegion → Nile Basin ⓘ
Shared Vision Program → appliesTo → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River Basin
Subsidiary Action Programs → appliesToRegion → Nile Basin ⓘ
Subsidiary Action Programs → benefits → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile Basin riparian states
Cooperative Framework Agreement on the Nile → appliesTo → Nile Basin ⓘ
Cooperative Framework Agreement on the Nile → draftedBy → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile Basin states
Bahr el Jebel → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ
Bahr el Ghazal → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile river system
Nile perch → nativeTo → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Ruvubu River → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile basin
Nyabarongo River → partOf → Nile Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile River basin
Nyabarongo River → drainageBasin → Nile Basin ⓘ