Blue Nile

• The Blue Nile is one of the three rivers that make up the Nile.
• It flows from Lake Tana in Ethiopia, down into the Sudan, to join the White Nile at Khartoum.

Source of the Nile

The Nile consists of three rivers, which then unite and flow into the Mediterranean through the Nile Delta:

1. The Atbara river:
   • flows from Lake Tana in Ethiopia, joining the Blue Nile at the town of Atbarah in the Sudan.
2. The Blue Nile:
   • flows from Ethiopia, into the Sudan, to join the White Nile at Khartoum.
3. The White Nile:
   • flows from Lake Victoria, Uganda, through the South Sudan, joining the Blue Nile at Khartoum in the Sudan.
   • Lake Victoria
     • Two Rivers flow into Lake Victoria, one of which, the Kagera, must be considered the true source of the Nile.
     • The Kagera River flows from Lake Rweru in Burundi, then between Rwanda and Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania, to join with the River Rubuvu. It then flows between Tanzania and Uganda, into Lake Victoria.

Lake Tana, Ethiopia