IMPORTANT RIVERS

NILE

SOURCE: Blue Nile: Lake Tana (Ethiopian highlands) white Nile: Lake Victoria

OUTFLOW: Mediterranean Sea.

DELTA: CURATE

·         The white and Blue Nile meets at Khartoum (Sudan) to form the Nile.

·         Longest river in the world life blood of Egypt.

DAMS

(I)                 Owen dam near the Owen falls. On the White Nile, where it leaves Lake Victoria.

(II)               Sennar dam on the Bluenose in Sudan.

(III)             Aswan dam on the Nile in Egypt – controls the flow of the great river.

ZAIR OR CONGO

·         Confluence of lauloba and Luapula River.

·         Joins the Atlantic Ocean near the port of matadi.

·         Carries the largest amount of water among all the rivers of Africa.

·         Navigable only in part because it has numerous waterfalls and rapids (small waterfalls).

·         It cuts equator twice.

·         The Kasai and the outbangi are the main tributaries of Zaire.

·         Half the world’s supply of industrial diamonds comes from the alluvial deposits of the Kasai River.

·         Stanley fall and living stone fall age on the Zaire River.

·         Inga dam is located on the Zaire River.

·         Cities located: Brazzaville, Kinshasa, matadi, and Boma.

·         Country’s only outlet to the ocean.

NIGER RIVER

Source: guinea

Outflow: gulf of guinea

·         It starts in Sierra leone flow north – east through guine   flow north – east through guine and mail turns south eastwards , across west Nigeria tolokoja where it is joined by its main tributary, the Benue.

·         The third longest river in Africa.

·         Port Harcourt of Nigeria is located on the Niger Delta.