The Nile (, , Ancient Egyptian iteru, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world.[LINK: http://encarta.msn.com/text_761569915__1/River.html] River Encarta (Accessed 3 October 2006) However, recent findings suggest that the Amazon River may be longer.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6759291.stm The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and fertile soil, but the former being the longer of the two. The White Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source in southern Rwanda , and flows north from there through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and southern Sudan, while the Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia , flowing into Sudan from the southe

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