… Immediately after leaving Lake Victoria in Uganda, the Victoria Nile passes through the great swamps of southern Sudan and merges into the White Nile, al-Nīl al-Abyaḍ. The Blue Nile, al-Nīl al-Azraq, originating from Lake Tana in Ethiopia, joins the White Nile in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, and flows northward as the mainstream Nile. The Blue Nile can discharge large volumes of water during periods of flooding due to monsoon rains, which can cause floods in Egypt. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "al-Nil al-Azraq" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… ウガンダのビクトリア湖から流れ出た直後,ビクトリア・ナイルと呼ばれる流れはスーダン南部の大沼沢地を抜け,いくつかの流れを集めて白ナイルal‐Nīl al‐Abyaḍとなる。エチオピアのタナ湖から発する青ナイルal‐Nīl al‐Azraqはスーダンの首都ハルツームで白ナイルと合流してナイル本流となって北に向かう。青ナイルは,季節風による降雨の影響をうけて増水期に多量の水を流すことがあり,エジプトにおける洪水のもとともなる。… ※「al-Nīl al-Azraq」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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