Blue Nile
river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia that is a tributary of the Nile River
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Summary
Blue Nile is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,585 views/month, #63 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ethiopia[3], Sudan[4]
- Basin country: Ethiopia[5]
- Commons category: Blue Nile[6]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Nile[7]
- Lake on watercourse: Lake Tana[8]
- Coordinate location: 11.6206, 37.408[9], 15.623611111111, 32.501944444444[10]
- Origin of the watercourse: Lake Tana[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Blue Nile[12]
- Commons gallery: Blue Nile[13]
- Tributary: Beles River[14], Didessa River[15], Bashilo River[16], Rahad River[17], Dinder River[18], Dabus River[19], Guder River[20], Gulla[21], Jamma River[22], Muger River[23], Walaqa River[24]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Blue Nile Basin[25]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[28], Otto's encyclopedia[29], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[30]
- Different from: Blue Nile State[31]
- Length: 1783[32]
- Elevation above sea level: 1786[33]
- Watershed area: 325,000[34]
- Discharge: 1525.3[35]
- Drainage basin: Nile basin[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
- P14541: 1qh9Ym[38]
Why It Matters
Blue Nile has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]