Blue Nile |
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Blue Nile Faws (Tis Issat) at Loch Tana |
Basin |
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Main source | Lesser Abay/Lake Tana |
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Basin size | 325,000 km2 (125,000 sq mi) |
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Pheesical chairacteristics |
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Lenth | 1,450 km (900 mi) |
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Dischairge |
- Average rate:
1,548 m3/s (54,700 cu ft/s)
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The Blue Nile (Amharic: ዓባይ?; transleeteratit: ʿAbbay but pronoonced Abbai, Arabic: النيل الأزرق an-Nīl al-Azraq) is a river oreeginatin at Loch Tana in Ethiopie. Wi the White Nile, the river becomes ane o the twa major tributaries o the Nile.
Coordinates: 12°00′N 037°15′E / 12.000°N 37.250°E / 12.000; 37.250