The White Nile
The White Nile is one of the two rivers that form the main Nile. It is called the White Nile because of it’s whitish-gray colour which is made due to the light gray sediment the river transports in it’s bed load. It is longer than the Blue Nile, it is 3,700 km long but carries less water in it. The White Nile’s source is at Lake Victoria.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria was named after Queen Victoria of the United kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first european to set eyes on this lake. Lake Victoria is Africa's biggest lake with a surface area of 68,800 square kilometres. Lake Victoria is also the world's largest tropical lake, the world's second largest freshwater lake and the world's ninth largest continental lake in terms of volume, containing 2,750 cubic kilometers of water. This lake is part of 3 countries: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania It's primary tributary is the Kagera River, which is one of the lake's main sources. Lake Victoria is situated in the Great Rift Valley: This is a map of the Great Rift Valley.
This is a map of the Great Rift Valley.
The area you see is red is the valley,
which is surrounding the lake.
This is the White Nile where it meets with the blue Nile at Khartoum. The White Nile is on the right.
Can you see the clear difference
in colour of both Nile's? The White
is on the right and is much clearer
the Blue, which is on the left.
in colour of both Nile's? The White
is on the right and is much clearer
the Blue, which is on the left.