Atbara River

Atbara River
River, North Africa.

Rising in the Ethiopian highlands, it flows about 500 mi (800 km) northwest through eastern Sudan to join the Nile River at Atbara in The Sudan. It is the Nile's northernmost tributary.

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Arabic  Nahr ʿaṭbarah,  

      river joining the Nile as its last tributary at the town of ʿAṭbarah in The Sudan. The Atbara River rises in the Ethiopian highlands north of Lake Tana and flows westward into The Sudan, turning north to receive the Angareb and Satīt (Takazē) rivers before heading northwestward to the Nile. It flows for a total of 500 miles (805 km). A dam at the rapids of Khashm al-Qirbah was built for storage and irrigation; past that point the river loses much water by evaporation and transpiration. During the dry season the water level sinks to pools in the riverbed. At flood, however, the Atbara is navigable and accounts for more than 20 percent of the Nile's total discharge. It carries a heavy load of silt, and its banks are mainly badlands.

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