River Nile
Diver Nile has the honour of being the longest river in the world. It starts in two branches in different parts of Africa but then joins into one river later on. The bigger branch is called, White Nile and starts from the Victoria Falls in Uganda. The smaller branch is called, Blue Nile and begins form the Thana River in Ethiopia. Nile and its helping rivers flow through nine countries. The White Nile flows through Uganda, Sudan and Egypt while the Blue Nile begins form Ethiopia and flows through Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi and then joins the White Nile. The 6,659-kilometer-long journey of Nile finishes when in it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. The people living in the water consumption area have been practicing farming from 5,000 years. The average population of the region is 1,000 people per square kilometer. Today with the increasing population and farming the people are extracting more water from the Nile than they should which results in the Nile loosing up strength and not emptying into the sea in the hot and dry seasons.
