Nilus (river)

natural · 6000 BC – 2100 AD

The Nile is a major river of northeastern Africa and is generally acknowledged as the longest river in the world, measuring some 6,650 km (4,130 miles) from source to mouth.

Coordinates

9.90411, 30.65662

Also known as

Fl. Nilvs qvi dividit asiam (et) libiam (la), Fluvius Nilus qui dividit Asiam et Libiam (la), Nehr-i Nīl (ota), Neilos (grc), Neilos, Neĩlos (grc), Nil (de), Nile (en), Nile river (en), Nile river (en), Nilus (la), Nilus (la), an-Nīl, al-Nil, en-Nil, el-Nil (arb), Νεῖλος (grc), نهرِ نيل (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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