Blue Nile
The Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It travels for approximately 1,450 km through Ethiopia and Sudan. Along with the White Nile, it is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the water to the Nile during the rainy season.
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- Description: river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia that is a tributary of the Nile River
- Also known as“Abai (river)”“Abay”“Abay (river)”“Abbai River”“Abbay River”“Al-bahr al-Azraq”“Blue Nile River”“El Bahr el Azraq”“El Bahr el Azraq River”
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Latitude
15.61333° or 15° 36′ 48″ north
Longitude
32.52778° or 32° 31′ 40″ east
Open location code
7G7JJG7H+84
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Blue Nile” goes by many names.
Blou NylAfrikaans
ብሉ ናይልAmharic
አባይ ወንዝAmharic
ግዮን ወንዝAmharic
ጥቁር አባይAmharic
آببايArabic
النيل الأزرقArabic
النيل الأزرق (فرع)Arabic
فرع النيل الأزرقArabic
نهر النيل الأزرقArabic
Կապույտ ՆեղոսArmenian
Nilu AzulAsturian
Ríu Nilu AzulAsturian
Mavi NilAzerbaijani
Tukad Nil PelungBalinese
Зәңгәр НилBashkir
Nilo UrdinaBasque
Блакітны НілBelarusian
নীলাভ নীল নদBengali
नीली नीलBhojpuri
Plavi NilBosnian
Абай (река)Bulgarian
Сини НилBulgarian
AbbaiCatalan
Al-Bahr al-AzraqCatalan
Nil BlauCatalan
Riu Nil BlauCatalan
Blue NileCebuano
نیلی شینCentral Kurdish
藍尼羅河Chinese
青尼罗河Chinese
Кăвак НилChuvash
Plavi NilCroatian
AbbayCzech
Modrý NilCzech
Blå NilDanish
Den Blå NilDanish
Blauwe NijlDutch
نهر النيل الازرقEgyptian Arabic
Blua NiloEsperanto
Nilo BluaEsperanto
AbbaiEstonian
AbbayEstonian
Sinine NiilusEstonian
Blue NileFiji Hindi
Sininen NiiliFinnish
Nilo AzulGalician
Río Nilo AzulGalician
ცისფერი ნილოსიGeorgian
Abai (river)Ghanaian Pidgin English
Abay (river)Ghanaian Pidgin English
Abbai RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
Abbay RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
Al-bahr al-AzraqGhanaian Pidgin English
Blue NileGhanaian Pidgin English
Blue Nile RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
El Bahr el AzraqGhanaian Pidgin English
El Bahr el Azraq RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
Γαλάζιος ΝείλοςGreek
Blue NileHausa
הנילוס הכחולHebrew
נילוס הכחולHebrew
नीली नीलHindi
नीली नील नदीHindi
Kék-NílusHungarian
Bláa NílIcelandic
Naịl na-acha anụnụ anụnụIgbo
Nil BiruIndonesian
An Níl GhormIrish
AbaiItalian
AbbaiItalian
Nilo AzzurroItalian
Nilo Azzurro (disambigua)Italian
ブルーナイルJapanese
青ナイルJapanese
青ナイル川Japanese
Kali Nil BiruJavanese
ಬ್ಲೂ ನೈಲ್Kannada
АббайKazakh
Бақр-әл-АзрақKazakh
Көгілдір НілKazakh
Көк нілKazakh
Nili y’UbururuKinyarwanda
Көк НилKirghiz
청나일강Korean
AstapusLatin
Nilo CaeruleusLatin
Zilā NīlaLatvian
Mėlynasis NilasLithuanian
Žydrasis NilasLithuanian
АбајMacedonian
Син НилMacedonian
Nil BiruMalay
നീല നൈൽMalayalam
ബ്ലൂ നൈൽMalayalam
کهو نیلMazanderani
ცაშფერი ნილოსიMingrelian
Blä NiilNorthern Frisian
Den blå NilNorwegian
Blå NilNorwegian Bokmål
Den blå NilNorwegian Bokmål
Tis AbayNorwegian Bokmål
Nil BlauOccitan (post 1500)
Mormor or AbbayaaOromo
Æрвхуыз НилOssetian
النیل الأزرقPersian
نیل ابیPersian
Nil BłękitnyPolish
Nilul AlbastruRomanian
АббайRussian
Бахр-эль-АзракRussian
Голубой НилRussian
Blue NileScots
Плави НилSerbian
النيل الأزرقSerbian
ዓባይSerbian
Plavi NilSerbo-Croatian
Modrý NílSlovak
Modri NilSlovenian
Blue NileSomali
گؤی نیل چاییSouth Azerbaijani
Nile ya BuluuSwahili
AbaySwedish
Blå NilenSwedish
Blue NileSwedish
நீல நைல்Tamil
Зәңгәр НилTatar
బ్లూ నైల్Telugu
แม่น้ำบลูไนล์Thai
Mavi NilTurkish
Mavi Nil NehriTurkish
АббайUkrainian
Бахр-ель-АзракUkrainian
Блакитний НілUkrainian
Голубий НілUkrainian
نیل ازرقUrdu
Koʻk nilUzbek
Nin XanhVietnamese
Sông Nil XanhVietnamese
Sông Nile XanhVietnamese
Sông Nin XanhVietnamese
Blue NileWaray (Philippines)
Muya nga NiloWaray (Philippines)
Afon Nîl LasWelsh
Nîl LasWelsh
Blauwe NylWestern Frisian
نیل ازرقWestern Panjabi
青尼羅河Wu Chinese
藍尼羅河Yue Chinese
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