THE GREAT RIVER NILE.

                                        

It is the longest river in the world and home to very many species of aquatic life. It’s waters flow towards the northeastern Africa and has a length of 6,853 km (4,258 miles). Its water resources are shared by almost eleven countries namely, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, south Sudan, Sudan and Egypt. The Nile has two major tributaries and those are the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The White Nile is longer and originates from the central Africa region from the great lakes while the Blue Nile begins at L. Tana in Ethiopia and flows to Sudan from southeast and it is near Khartoum where the two rivers meet. The great river Nile is amazing and mysterious; regions where its waters cross differ from each other unlike other rivers.

      Many people believe that Egypt were and is the gift of the Nile because its civilization depended on the river ever since the ancient times. Many populations and cities are located along the banks and those are Aswan, Luxor, Cairo and Alexandria which is found in the tributaries on the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile plays a critical role in religious views. According to both the old and new testament, Hebrew slaves made bricks from its mud, Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus made refuge on its banks and baby Moses was found by the pharaoh’s daughter hidden in a basket that was floating. During this time, pharaoh had commanded that all male children be slaughtered (genesis 41:5-31). Even pharaoh had a dream, he saw himself standing on the banks and seeing seven healthy cows being swallowed by other seven poor and ugly cows. Then Joseph interpreted to him that the first seven healthy cows were the seven abundant years and the other ugly cows were the following seven years of famine.

             You wouldn’t find it anywhere else but only in Africa, a continent rich of history and amazing geographical features.