White Nile
river in Africa and tributary of the Nile River
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Summary
White Nile is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.45% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,276 views/month, #61 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Rwanda[3], Democratic Republic of the Congo[4], Sudan[5], South Sudan[6], Tanzania[7], Uganda[8]
- Continent: Africa[9]
- Basin country: Burundi[10]
- Part of: Nile[11]
- Commons category: White Nile[12]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Nile[13]
- Lake on watercourse: Lake Victoria[14], Lake Albert[15], Lake No[16]
- Origin of the watercourse: Lake Victoria[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:White Nile[18]
- Tributary: Bahr el Ghazal River[19], Sobat River[20], Bahr el Zeraf[21], Achwa[22], Adar River[23], Kidepo River[24], Ora River[25], Kafu[26]
- Category for the water basin: Category:White Nile Basin[27]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29]
- Different from: White Nile[30]
- Length: 2620 km[31]
- Elevation above sea level: 350 m[32]
- Watershed area: 1,059,000 km²[33]
- Discharge: 878.0 cubic metre per second[34]
- Drainage basin: Nile basin[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
Why It Matters
White Nile has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]