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Source of River Nile is1. Lake Nassir2. Lake Chad3. Lake Victoria4. Lake Tanganyika5. None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Lake Victoria

The correct answer is Lake Victoria.

  • Lake Victoria, also called Victoria Nyanza, the largest lake in Africa and the chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya.
  • It is also the third-largest freshwater lake on Earth

  • Nile River:
    • ​The Nile is the longest river in the world and is called the father of African rivers.
    • It has a length of about 4,132 miles and drains an area estimated at 1,293,000 square miles.
    • It rises south of the Equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea.
    • The Nile River forms an arcuate delta as it empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
    • Deltas with triangular or fan-shape are called arcuate (arc-like) deltas.
    • The Nile is formed by three principal streams: the Blue Nile, the Atbara, and the White Nile.
    • Drainage countries: - Parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan, and the cultivated part of Egypt.


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