The Nile River is the largest tributary of water in Africa and for a long time was believed to be the longest river in the world, but research carried out in 2008 has found the Amazon River as the longest in the world. Its channel runs through seven countries, reaching almost 7 thousand kilometers until it flows into the Mediterranean, which gives it the second place among the longest rivers in the world.
The name Nile derives from the Arabic word "ni-l" and this in turn from the Greek "Neilos" whose meaning is "" river valley ". In ancient times the Egyptians named this river as "Iteru" which means "Great River", it is very common to relate the Nile to the time of the pyramids and the ancient pharaohs, as well as the depths of Africa where they live lions, giraffes, monkeys, elephants and a countless number of plant species bringing nature and history together at one point.
In Egyptian civilization, the role played by the Nile River was very important, since it used to overflow frequently, causing the banks to be quite fertile for the growth of plantations, thanks to this the sowing of flax, barley and wheat, in addition to being an abundant source of fish and papyrus (a plant used for the elaboration of manuscripts), its water also attracted wild animals, which were used as a source of food or, failing that, to be domesticated for the use of the tasks of the field by the inhabitants of the coasts of the river.
The shape of the Nile geographically speaking, was formed during the Tertiary Age, it is located northwest of the African continent, it is born in the Republic of Burundi and is composed of two main tributaries, the Blue Nile and the White Nile, It first begins its channel in Lake Tana located in Ethiopia, and crosses the southeast side of Sudan, for its part the White Nile, flows through the largest lakes in Africa, crossing Tanzania on its north side, part of Uganda Sudan and South Sudan, these two unify their channels in the capital of Sudan.
