Nile

E8327

geographical feature river

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, widely regarded as one of the longest rivers in the world and a crucial lifeline for the civilizations that have flourished along its banks.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Nile River	224
Nile canonical	134
Nile River system	18
Nile Basin	4
Nile River basin	4
River Nile	2
White Nile	2
Blue Nile River	1
Blue Nile and White Nile	1
Main Nile	1
Nile (Nilus)	1
Nile River (Cairo)	1
Nile River (in broader definitions)	1
Nile River region	1
Nile waters	1
main Nile	1
source of the Nile	1
the Nile River	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
drainageBasinArea	about 3,400,000 square kilometers ⓘ
emptiesInto	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
flowsDirection	north ⓘ
flowsThroughCountry	Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
governedBy	Nile Basin Initiative ⓘ
hasApproximateLength	about 4,130 miles ⓘ about 6,650 kilometers ⓘ
hasBasinCountry	Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egyptian religion
hasDelta	Lower Egypt ⓘ surface form: Nile Delta
hasMajorDam	Aswan ⓘ surface form: Aswan High Dam
hasMajorReservoir	Lake Nasser ⓘ
hasMajorTributary	Blue Nile ⓘ White Nile ⓘ
hasSeasonalFlooding	historically regular annual floods ⓘ
historicallySupported	Ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ Nubian civilizations ⓘ
isLifelineFor	Egypt ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
isOneOf	longest rivers in the world ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northeast Africa ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Africa
majorCityOnRiver	Aswan ⓘ Cairo ⓘ Khartoum ⓘ Luxor ⓘ
mouth	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
passesThroughDesert	Sahara Desert ⓘ
sourceRegion	East Africa ⓘ Equatorial lakes region ⓘ Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (399)

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

Giza → river → Nile ⓘ

Egypt → nationalRiver → Nile ⓘ

Roman Empire → majorRiver → Nile ⓘ

Arab world → hasRiver → Nile ⓘ

Africa → hasLongestRiver → Nile ⓘ

North Africa → hasRiver → Nile ⓘ

Cairo → locatedOnRiver → Nile ⓘ

Lower Egypt → hasMainRiver → Nile ⓘ

Institute of Statistical Studies and Research → locatedOn → Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile River region

Greater Cairo metropolitan area → locatedOnRiver → Nile ⓘ

Ethiopian Highlands → drainageBasin → Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile Basin

Khartoum → locatedOnRiver → Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Nile

Khartoum → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Nile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Nile and White Nile

Khartoum → riverConfluence → Nile ⓘ

Khartoum → hasBridgeOver → Nile ⓘ

Nile Valley cultural landscape → follows → Nile ⓘ