{"id":357029,"date":"2026-02-28T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=357029"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:06:00","slug":"blue-nile-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blue-nile-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Nile River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A new report has warned that the GERD reservoir on Blue Nile River is showing signs of \u2018instability\u2019; a breach could flood Sudan and Egypt downstream.<\/p>\n<h2>About Blue Nile River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_357031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357031\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-357031\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Initiative-for-Great-Rivers.jpg?resize=251%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blue Nile River\" width=\"251\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Initiative-for-Great-Rivers.jpg?resize=167%2C300&amp;ssl=1 167w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Initiative-for-Great-Rivers.jpg?w=386&amp;ssl=1 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-357031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Initiative for Great Rivers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> The Blue Nile River originates at <strong>Lake Tana in Ethiopia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>Ethiopia\u2019s largest river.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> Its waters come from tributaries such as the <strong>Atbara, Dinder and Rahad rivers<\/strong>, which <strong>rise<\/strong> in the <strong>Ethiopian highlands<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course:<\/strong> It travels for approximately <strong>1,450 km<\/strong> through <strong>Ethiopia and Sudan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributary of:<\/strong> It <strong>meets the White Nile River<\/strong> near <strong>Khartoum in Sudan<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>combined stream<\/strong> flows <strong>north into Egypt<\/strong>, before <strong>emptying<\/strong> into the <strong>Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria <\/strong>as the<strong> Nile River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It supplies about <strong>85% of the water to the Nile<\/strong> during the rainy season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Famous dams<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (<strong>GERD) in Ethiopia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Al-Ru\u1e63ayri\u1e63 and Sannar dams in Sudan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A new report has warned that the GERD reservoir on Blue Nile River is showing signs of \u2018instability\u2019; 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\u2019s largest river. Tributaries: Its waters come from tributaries such as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blue-nile-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue Nile River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-357029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}