Blue Nile


The Fantastic Fabulous Facts of the Blue Nile

1. The Blue Nile is part of the Nile River along with the White Nile.
2. Lake Tana floods in the summer from June to September, giving the Blue Nile more water.
3. The Blue Nile is the main source of water and fertile soil, this fertile soil created the Nile Valley.
4. The Blue Nile is the livelihood of Egypt.
5. Most people in Ethiopia think that the river is holy. They also believe that the Appia portion of the Blue Nile was the Gihon river flowing out of the Garden of Eden.






Beginning of the Blue Nile River by its outlet from Lake Tana (Amhara Region, Ethiopia).1 February 2009 Ondrej Zvácek


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