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The Nile got longer

18.10.2006

An expedition of New Zealand and British geographers discovered what they claim is the real source of the Nile in the rainforest of Rwanda.

Until now, it was believed that the source of the great African river is the Kagera River, which flows into Lake Victoria. However, the researchers, moving up the Nile in four inflatable boats and on foot, found in the forest, at an altitude of 2400 meters above sea level, a stream flowing from a hole in clay soil.

This place is located much south of the source of the Kagera, so that the longest river in the world has "grown" by 107 kilometers. True, more detailed studies of other streams in the area are required to confirm the discovery.

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