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The source of the Nile was dis-^
covered by Captains Grant and
Speke and Sir Samuel Baker, who
made out that its parents are the
Albert Nyanza and Victoria Nyanza f"
into the latter the Tangourie
River, which rises a few degrees to
the south of the Equator, empties
itself. Lake Victoria is situated on
the Equator in the region of per¬
petual rains, and it is also fed by
springs and tributaries like the
Tangourie River. Strictly speaking,
the Nile is formed by the junction,
at 15° 34' N. lat., and 30° 30' 5S" E.
long., of two great tributaries called
respectively the Bahr al-Azrak, i.e,
the " lurid" or Blue Nile, and the
Bahr al-Abyad, i.e., the " clear," or
White Nile. From Lake Victoria
to Khartum the distance by river is
about 2,185 miles; from Khartiim
to Aswan is 1,130 miles; and
from Aswan to the sea about
750 miles more, so that if we
include the length of any of the
larger tributaries of Lake Victoria
in the length of the Nile, we may
say that this wonderful river is about
4,TOO miles long. The White Nile
* Nyanza means '' Lake."