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20: 106:. The Basin is the main supplier of fresh water, electricity, and fish for the local residents of these countries, supporting about 270 million inhabitants, or 20% of the African population. The basin rises in the highlands and flows in extremely arid regions, in particular the 50:
in Africa, the Nile Basin is effectively the most notable drainage basin on the continent. It covers approximately 2,870,000 km, or about 10% of African territory, crossing arid regions and with a high population density. The
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Its main navigable course is through the Nile River, being the mouth section in the
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In the southwestern part of the basin in South Sudan near the watershed with
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Fölster, Horst (1964). "Morphogenese der südsudanischen Pediplane".
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Governing the Nile River Basin: The Search for a New Legal Regime
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Part of Africa drained by the Nile River and its tributaries
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Index


Africa
Nile River
tributaries
hydrographic basin
Nile Basin Initiative
Burundi
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Sahara Desert
Mediterranean Sea
Nile Delta
Aswan
Aswan Dam
waterfalls
Khartoum
Egypt–Sudan border
Lake Nasser
third
fourth cataracts
Juba

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