Blue Nile

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.

Blue Nile

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)

Example Sentences

Hundreds were already digging the foundations in tough conditions for what is now Africa's largest hydro-electric dam, straddling the Blue Nile.

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The Egyptian geologist expressed the fear that Ethiopia could use the dam to exert "military power", especially over Sudan - a strategically important ally for Egypt - as the Blue Nile and White Nile meet in Khartoum.

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More than a mile long and 145m high, the dam is on the Blue Nile tributary in the northern Ethiopia highlands, from where 85% of the Nile's waters flow.

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

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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.

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