a river in eastern Africa, the longest river in the world, which rises in east central Africa near Lake Victoria and flows 6,695 km (4,160 miles) generally northwards through Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to empty through a large delta into the Mediterranean
one of the two principal headwaters of the Nile. Rising from Lake Tana in NW Ethiopia, it flows some 1,600 km (1,000 miles) southwards then north-westwards into Sudan, where it meets the White Nile at Khartoum
the upper part of the Nile, flowing through NW Uganda between Lake Albert and the Uganda-South Sudan border
a large predatory fish found in lakes and rivers in NE and central Africa, widely caught for food or sport
the name for the main, western branch of the Nile between the Uganda-South Sudan border and its confluence with the Blue Nile at Khartoum
a large heavily built African lizard that has greyish-olive skin with yellow markings and is semiaquatic
the upper part of the White Nile, between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert
a large crocodile with a long, narrow head, native to Africa and Madagascar
a flavivirus originally isolated in eastern Africa, transmitted by mosquitoes, usually between birds, but sometimes causing epidemics of disease (typically fever or encephalitis) in humans and horses