Blue Nile

American  

noun

1. a river in E Africa, flowing NNW from Lake Tana in Ethiopia into the Nile at Khartoum: a tributary of the Nile. About 950 miles (1,530 km) long.

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Blue Nile British  

noun

1. a river in E Africa, rising in central Ethiopia as the Abbai and flowing southeast, then northwest to join the White Nile. Length: about 1530 km (950 miles)

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Example Sentences

Recent attacks led by the SPLM-N in Blue Nile State south-east of the Kordofans also threaten to widen Sudan's war into a regional conflict.

From BBC

But for the engineer, Mr Moges, the power generated on the Blue Nile will eventually make a difference.

From BBC

Ethiopia says it has completed building a mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has long been a source of tension with Egypt and Sudan.

From BBC

In Scotland, fans are already theorising she'll play Guilty As Sin, as it references local band The Blue Nile.

From BBC

The team investigated the Shinfa-Metema 1 site in the lowlands of present-day northwestern Ethiopia along the Shinfa River, a tributary of the Blue Nile River.

From Science Daily