After Khartoum the river flows north, almost entirely through the Nubian Desert, to Cairo and its large delta, joining the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria. Egyptian civilization and Sudanese kingdoms have depended on the river and its annual flooding since ancient times.

2023年11月9日 · Many people don’t realize that the Nile River is actually located in the Sahara Desert, one of the largest deserts on earth. The Nile River is one of the longest rivers in the world and has been a source of sustenance and fertility in the region since ancient times.

The Nile River is a significant watercourse in the northeastern part of Africa. It snakes its way through eleven countries: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan.

The Eastern Desert (known archaically as Arabia or the Arabian Desert [1] [2]) is the part of the Sahara Desert that is located east of the Nile River. It spans 223,000 square kilometres (86,000 sq mi) of northeastern Africa and is bordered by the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea to the east, and the Nile River to the west.

The Sahara Desert map below shows the land area and many countries that the Sahara desert spans, the desert is marked in brown. The Nile River is the only permanent river in the Sahara. Other water sources take the form of intermittent streams and subterranean aquifers.

2025年1月17日 · Nile River, the longest river in the world, called the father of African rivers. It rises south of the Equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea. Learn more about the Nile River, including its hydrology and its plant and animal life, in this article.

Is the Nile River in the Sahara Desert? The Nile is the Earth's second largest river. Only the Amazon is larger. The Nile flows for 4,130 miles. Two large rivers that feed into the Nile are the...

4 天之前 · Sahara, largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 to 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km).

2024年6月27日 · Yes, the Nile river does go through the Sahara desert. The banks of the Nile are a unique and thriving habitat for wildlife right in the middle of the desert. What river runs through the Sahara desert? The Nile River flows through the eastern part of the Sahara, and the Niger River is located in the far western portion of the desert.