Blue Nile

E38215

river tributary

The Blue Nile is a major river in northeastern Africa that flows from Ethiopia into Sudan, forming a principal tributary of the Nile and playing a crucial role in the region’s agriculture and hydroelectric power.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Blue Nile canonical	56
Blue Nile waterfront	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ tributary ⓘ
agriculturalImportance	supports irrigated farming in Sudan ⓘ
basinCountry	Egypt ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
confluenceCity	Khartoum ⓘ
confluenceCountry	Sudan ⓘ
confluenceWith	White Nile ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
crossesCapitalCity	Khartoum ⓘ
dischargeContribution	provides majority of water volume to main Nile during flood season ⓘ
floodSeasonCause	Ethiopian monsoon rains ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally northwest ⓘ
flowsFrom	Ethiopia ⓘ
flowsInto	Sudan ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	Ethiopia ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
hasDam	Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ⓘ Roseires Dam ⓘ Sennar Dam ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major contributor to ancient Nile floods ⓘ
hydropowerImportance	key for Ethiopia’s electricity generation plans ⓘ
importance	major source of Nile waters ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeast Africa ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Africa
majorTributaryOf	Nile ⓘ
mouthRiver	Nile ⓘ
passesThrough	Blue Nile State ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Sennar State ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
region	East Africa ⓘ Horn of Africa ⓘ
role	principal tributary of the Nile ⓘ
seasonalVariation	strongly seasonal flow ⓘ
sourceCityNearby	Bahir Dar ⓘ
sourceCountry	Ethiopia ⓘ
sourceLake	Lake Tana ⓘ
sourceRegion	Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
tributaryType	right-bank tributary of the Nile ⓘ
usedFor	agriculture ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

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

Ethiopian Highlands → sourceOf → Blue Nile ⓘ

Khartoum → locatedOnRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Ethiopia → majorRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Ethiopia → sourceOf → Blue Nile ⓘ

Nile → hasMajorTributary → Blue Nile ⓘ

Sudan → traversedBy → Blue Nile ⓘ

Lake Tana → primarySourceOf → Blue Nile ⓘ

Lake Tana → outflow → Blue Nile ⓘ

Presidential Palace Khartoum → locatedOn → Blue Nile ⓘ

Presidential Palace Khartoum → nearbyFeature → Blue Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Nile waterfront

Nile Valley → majorRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Wad Madani → locatedOn → Blue Nile ⓘ

Wad Madani → river → Blue Nile ⓘ

Khartoum North → waterSource → Blue Nile ⓘ

University of Khartoum → locatedOn → Blue Nile ⓘ

White Nile → confluenceWith → Blue Nile ⓘ

Northeast Africa → hasMajorRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Khartoum state → borders → Blue Nile ⓘ

subject surface form: Khartoum State

Bahir Dar → river → Blue Nile ⓘ

Blue Nile State → namedAfter → Blue Nile ⓘ

Blue Nile State → hasRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam → locatedOnRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Amhara Region → containsRiverSource → Blue Nile ⓘ

Roseires Dam → locatedOnRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Roseires Dam → watercourse → Blue Nile ⓘ

Sennar Dam → locatedOn → Blue Nile ⓘ

Sennar Dam → riverCrossed → Blue Nile ⓘ

Tis Issat (Blue Nile Falls) → locatedOnRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

subject surface form: Tis Issat

Tis Issat (Blue Nile Falls) → watercourse → Blue Nile ⓘ

subject surface form: Tis Issat

Sennar State → traversedBy → Blue Nile ⓘ

Sennar State → hasMajorRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

HSSS → nearbyRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Greater Khartoum metropolitan area → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Blue Nile ⓘ

Greater Khartoum metropolitan area → river → Blue Nile ⓘ

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → majorRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Nile Street Khartoum → locatedOnRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Nile Street Khartoum → hasScenicViewOf → Blue Nile ⓘ

Gilgel Abay River → indirectTributaryOf → Blue Nile ⓘ

Al Jazirah state → locatedBetween → Blue Nile ⓘ

Al Jazirah state → riverNearby → Blue Nile ⓘ

Al Jazirah state → waterSourceForIrrigation → Blue Nile ⓘ

Gezira Scheme → locatedBetween → Blue Nile ⓘ

Gezira Scheme → waterSource → Blue Nile ⓘ

Bahri → locatedOn → Blue Nile ⓘ

Al-Khartum Bahri → hasRiver → Blue Nile ⓘ

Gordon Memorial College → campusLocatedNear → Blue Nile ⓘ

Benishangul-Gumuz Region → traversedBy → Blue Nile ⓘ

Benishangul-Gumuz Region → river → Blue Nile ⓘ

Nile Basin → majorTributary → Blue Nile ⓘ

Gezira State → locatedBetween → Blue Nile ⓘ