White Nile

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/white-nile

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Bahr al Abyad
2. What is the distant source?Tributaries of the Kagera River in Burundi
3. Where does the White Nile begin?It starts from the Kagera River, which flows from Burundi and Rwanda into Lake Victoria. After leaving the lake at Jinja, Uganda, it is called the Victoria Nile.
4. Why is the Sudd swamp important for the White Nile?The Sudd is a huge wetland that slows the river, losing up to half its water, and it is a home for many birds, hippos, and crocodiles.

Tributary: A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
Evapotranspiration: The process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.
Riparian States: Countries that share a river or body of water.