White Nile

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river tributary

The White Nile is one of the two main tributaries of the Nile River, rising in the Great Lakes region of central Africa and flowing northward through countries such as South Sudan and Sudan.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Albert Nile	4
An-Nīl al-Abyaḍ	1
Mountain Nile	1
Nile Basin	1
Upper Nile region	1
White Nile basin	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ tributary ⓘ
basinCountry	Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
confluenceCity	Khartoum ⓘ
confluenceCountry	Sudan ⓘ
confluenceWith	Blue Nile ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
directionOfFlow	northward ⓘ
flowsThrough	South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
forms	mainstream Nile north of Khartoum ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole	suppliesPerennialFlowToNile ⓘ
hasSectionName	White Nile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Albert Nile Bahr el Jebel ⓘ surface form: Bahr al Abyad Bahr el Ghazal ⓘ Bahr el Jebel ⓘ White Nile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mountain Nile Victoria Nile ⓘ
importantFor	fisheries ⓘ irrigation ⓘ transportation ⓘ
languageName_ar	White Nile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: An-Nīl al-Abyaḍ
languageName_en	White Nile self-link ⓘ
locatedInRegion	East Africa ⓘ Northeast Africa ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Juba ⓘ Khartoum ⓘ
meetsBlueNileAt	Khartoum ⓘ
mouth	Nile at Khartoum ⓘ
nameEtymology	named for light-colored, clay-laden waters ⓘ
oneOfMainTributariesOf	Nile ⓘ
partOf	Nile ⓘ
partOfDrainageBasin	Nile Basin ⓘ
passesNear	Jinja ⓘ
sourceCountry	Uganda ⓘ
sourceRegion	African Great Lakes ⓘ Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes region of central Africa
tributaryOf	Nile ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Khartoum state → borders → White Nile ⓘ

subject surface form: Khartoum State

Blue Nile → confluenceWith → White Nile ⓘ

Lake Kyoga → drainageBasin → White Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Nile basin

Equatorial lakes region → drainsInto → White Nile ⓘ

subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region

Victoria Nile → formsPartOf → White Nile ⓘ

Nilo-Saharan languages → geographicRange → White Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Nile region

Northeast Africa → hasMajorRiver → White Nile ⓘ

Equatorial lakes region → hasMajorRiverOutflow → White Nile ⓘ

subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region

this entity surface form: Albert Nile

Nile → hasMajorTributary → White Nile ⓘ

White Nile → hasSectionName → White Nile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albert Nile

White Nile → hasSectionName → White Nile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountain Nile

Equatorial lakes region → isSourceRegionOf → White Nile ⓘ

subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region

White Nile → languageName_ar → White Nile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: An-Nīl al-Abyaḍ

White Nile → languageName_en → White Nile self-link ⓘ

University of Khartoum → locatedOn → White Nile ⓘ

Fashoda Incident → locatedOnRiver → White Nile ⓘ

Nile Valley → majorRiver → White Nile ⓘ

Sahel → majorRiver → White Nile ⓘ

South Sudan → majorRiver → White Nile ⓘ

Lake Albert → outflow → White Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albert Nile

Kagera River → partOfDrainageBasin → White Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile Basin

Sudan → traversedBy → White Nile ⓘ

Victoria Nile → upstreamFrom → White Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albert Nile