White Nile

The White Nile ranks second among the longest rivers in Uganda. This river is one of the two primary tributaries of the Nile River in Africa, the other being the Blue Nile. The name stems from the coloration caused by clay in the water. The river generated at Lake No, at the junction of the Bahr al Jabal and Bahr el Ghazal Rivers, is known as the "White Nile". The "White Nile" refers to all segments of the river draining from Lake Victoria to the Blue Nile's merger; the "Victoria Nile" from Lake Victoria to Lake Albert via Lake Kyoga, then the "Albert Nile" to the South Sudan border, and finally the "Mountain Nile" or "Bahr-al-Jabal" down to Lake No. The headwaters of Lake Victoria, the most remote of which is 3,700 kilometers from the Blue Nile, are sometimes referred to as the "White Nile"

The White Nile, which disappeared into the depths of what was then regarded as "Darkest Africa" was the focus of Europeans' hunt for the Nile's source in the nineteenth century.

Length: 2,299 miles (shared with 5 other countries)