News: A new report has warned that the GERD reservoir on Blue Nile River is showing signs of ‘instability’; a breach could flood Sudan and Egypt downstream.
About Blue Nile River
- Origin: The Blue Nile River originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
- It is Ethiopia’s largest river.
- Tributaries: Its waters come from tributaries such as the Atbara, Dinder and Rahad rivers, which rise in the Ethiopian highlands.
- Course: It travels for approximately 1,450 km through Ethiopia and Sudan.
- Tributary of: It meets the White Nile River near Khartoum in Sudan.
- The combined stream flows north into Egypt, before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria as the Nile River.
- It supplies about 85% of the water to the Nile during the rainy season.
- Famous dams
- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia.
- The Al-Ruṣayriṣ and Sannar dams in Sudan.
