The White Nile's is the most voluminous its source is Lake Victoria.
I don't know the source of the Blue Nile but I'm guessing it is in Ethiopia if the name of the countr is a legit source
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The White Nile's is the most voluminous its source is Lake Victoria.
I don't know the source of the Blue Nile but I'm guessing it is in Ethiopia if the name of the countr is a legit source
Blue Nile - Lake Tana, Ethiopia
White Nile - Lake Victoria (but some rivers flow into Lake Victoria
Greater Volume - over a year the White Nile, at peak flow the Blue Nile
Swot :p ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Ner - it's a question of where you grew up - and I grew up in Kenya, so these things are engraved in the memory..
I don't know whether I've got the flow thing right anyway (Wikipedia is a bit vague!). I know it's the Blue Nile that causes the annual floods (or it did until they built the Aswan Dam) but I don't know which has the higher flow over a year.
So, what it comes down to is that when Burton and Speke went looking for the source of the Nile 150 years ago they got it wrong. They should have turned left at Khartoum and followed the Blue Nile or having found (and named) Lake Victoria they should have looked for rivers flowing into it.
Wikipedia is very clear on the volume. Still, best answer is still only 2/3 correct
I guess it must then be:
...and the Blue Nile has the greater volume.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Thank you studioe. You are correct. The sticking point was volume obviously. According to Wikipedia the Blue provides at least 56% even at low flow times.
Cool. :cool: I do have a question, but I'd like to give this turn to D-Type, if he'll take it.
Thanks! Here goes:
Which is furthest North: Indianapolis, Monza, or Suzuka?
Suzuka