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The Nile Basin is the part of Africa drained by the Nile River and its tributaries. Besides being the second largest hydrographic basin in Africa, the Nile Basin is effectively the most notable drainage basin on the continent. It covers approximately 2,870,000 km2, or about 10% of African territory, crossing arid regions and with a high population density. The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has been in existence since 1999, with the aim of strengthening cooperation in sharing its resources concerned.

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  • Povodí Nilu je území na východě a severovýchodě Afriky, z něhož odvádí vodu řeka Nil do Středozemního moře. Jeho rozloha se liší podle různých zdrojů, každopádně však přesahuje 3 miliony km². Nejvyšším bodem povodí je s nadmořskou výškou 5109 m Mount Stanley v pohoří Ruwenzori na hranici Ugandy a Demokratické republiky Kongo. (cs)
  • The Nile Basin is the part of Africa drained by the Nile River and its tributaries. Besides being the second largest hydrographic basin in Africa, the Nile Basin is effectively the most notable drainage basin on the continent. It covers approximately 2,870,000 km2, or about 10% of African territory, crossing arid regions and with a high population density. The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has been in existence since 1999, with the aim of strengthening cooperation in sharing its resources concerned. The drainage area of the basin covers Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, the Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Basin is the main supplier of fresh water, electricity, and fish for the local residents of these countries, supporting about 270 million inhabitants, or 20% of the African population. The basin rises in the highlands and flows in extremely arid regions, in particular the Sahara Desert. Its main navigable course is through the Nile River, being the mouth section in the Mediterranean Sea (more precisely after the Nile Delta) until it surrounds the city of Aswan, in southern Egypt. There are also navigable courses at the Aswan Dam. In the middle Nile, after the dam, due to the presence of waterfalls north of Khartoum (Sudan), the river is navigable in just three stretches. The first is from the Egypt–Sudan border to the southern tip of Lake Nasser. The second is the section between the third and fourth cataracts. The third and most important stretch extends from Khartoum, in the south, to Juba (South Sudan). The main water supplier for the basin is Lake Victoria, located in the Great Rift Valley. About 238 million people live within the Nile basin, 172 million of those inhabit rural localities. In the southwestern part of the basin in South Sudan near the watershed with Congo Basin relief is made up a single large pediplain. Heights that rise above this pediplain contain laterite soils, sometimes with pisolites or ferricrete, and are remnants of an older surface. The some of the summits corresponding to the said old surface were formed by relief inversion of valleys. (en)
  • Cet article détaille le bassin versant du Nil, en Afrique. (fr)
  • A bacia do Nilo, é uma bacia hidrográfica africana, que tem seu principal flúmen de escoamento o rio Nilo, sendo a segunda maior bacia do continente, além de efetivamente a mais notável bacia da África. Abrange aproximadamente 2.870.000 km², ou cerca de 10% do território africano, atravessando regiões áridas e com grande densidade populacional. A Iniciativa da Bacia do Nilo (NBI) existe, desde 1999, com o objectivo de reforçar a cooperação na partilha dos seus recursos em causa. A área de drenagem da bacia abrange Burundi, Ruanda, Tanzânia, Uganda, Congo-Quinxassa, Quênia, Sudão do Sul, República Centro-Africana, Etiópia, Sudão, Chade, Eritreia e Egito, sendo a principal fornecedora de água doce, energia elétrica e peixes para as populações das referidas regiões, suprindo cerca de 270 milhões de habitantes, ou 20% da população africana. A bacia nasce em terras altas e corre em regiões extremamente áridas, em especial o deserto do Saara. Seu curso navegável principal é pelo rio Nilo, sendo o tramo da foz no mar Mediterrâneo (mais precisamente após o delta do Nilo) até cerca as proximidades da cidade de Assuão, no sul egípcio. Há ainda cursos navegáveis na represa de Assuã. No Nilo médio, após a represa, devido à presença de cataratas ao norte de Cartum (Sudão), o rio é navegável em apenas três trechos. O primeiro deles é da fronteira egípcia até o extremo sul do lago Nasser. O segundo é o trecho entre a terceira e a quarta catarata. O terceiro e mais importante trecho se estende de Cartum, ao sul, até Juba (Sudão do Sul). O principal fornecedor de águas para a bacia é o Lago Vitória, localizado no Grande Vale do Rifte. Uma divisória continental separa as águas da bacia do Nilo da bacia do Congo, a . (pt)
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  • Povodí Nilu je území na východě a severovýchodě Afriky, z něhož odvádí vodu řeka Nil do Středozemního moře. Jeho rozloha se liší podle různých zdrojů, každopádně však přesahuje 3 miliony km². Nejvyšším bodem povodí je s nadmořskou výškou 5109 m Mount Stanley v pohoří Ruwenzori na hranici Ugandy a Demokratické republiky Kongo. (cs)
  • Cet article détaille le bassin versant du Nil, en Afrique. (fr)
  • The Nile Basin is the part of Africa drained by the Nile River and its tributaries. Besides being the second largest hydrographic basin in Africa, the Nile Basin is effectively the most notable drainage basin on the continent. It covers approximately 2,870,000 km2, or about 10% of African territory, crossing arid regions and with a high population density. The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has been in existence since 1999, with the aim of strengthening cooperation in sharing its resources concerned. (en)
  • A bacia do Nilo, é uma bacia hidrográfica africana, que tem seu principal flúmen de escoamento o rio Nilo, sendo a segunda maior bacia do continente, além de efetivamente a mais notável bacia da África. Abrange aproximadamente 2.870.000 km², ou cerca de 10% do território africano, atravessando regiões áridas e com grande densidade populacional. A Iniciativa da Bacia do Nilo (NBI) existe, desde 1999, com o objectivo de reforçar a cooperação na partilha dos seus recursos em causa. O principal fornecedor de águas para a bacia é o Lago Vitória, localizado no Grande Vale do Rifte. (pt)
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  • Povodí Nilu (cs)
  • Bassin du Nil (fr)
  • Nile Basin (en)
  • Bacia do Nilo (pt)
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