Blue Nile

river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia that is a tributary of the Nile River
Place river Q882739
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Blue Nile

Summary

Blue Nile is a river[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Blue Nile is in the country of Ethiopia[3].
  • Blue Nile is in the country of Sudan[4].
  • Blue Nile is on the continent of Africa[5].
  • Blue Nile's instance of is recorded as river[6].
  • Blue Nile's basin country is recorded as Ethiopia[7].
  • Blue Nile's Commons category is recorded as Blue Nile[8].
  • Blue Nile's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Nile[9].
  • Blue Nile's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Tana[10].
  • Blue Nile's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.6206, 'lon': 37.408}[11].
  • Blue Nile's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 15.623611111111, 'lon': 32.501944444444}[12].
  • Blue Nile's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Lake Tana[13].
  • Blue Nile's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blue Nile[14].
  • Blue Nile's Commons gallery is recorded as Blue Nile[15].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Beles River[16].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Didessa River[17].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Bashilo River[18].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Rahad River[19].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Dinder River[20].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Dabus River[21].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Guder River[22].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Gulla[23].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Jamma River[24].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Muger River[25].
  • Blue Nile's tributary is recorded as Walaqa River[26].
  • Blue Nile's category for the water basin is recorded as Category:Blue Nile Basin[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Ethiopia[3], a sovereign state[28], in Ethiopia[29], founded in 1995[30] and Sudan[4], a republic[31], in Sudan[32], founded in 1956[33]. Blue Nile is on the continent of Africa[5].

Physical Characteristics

Blue Nile sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1786'}[34]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1783'}[35].

Designation and Status

Blue Nile's instance of is recorded as river[6].

Why It Matters

Blue Nile has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Continent Africa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38692|batch #38692]]: Remove redundant P30, P17 is present"
  2. 27d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country Ethiopia, Sudan
    Coordinate location {'lat': 11.6206, 'lon': 37.408}, {'lat': 15.623611111111, 'lon': 32.501944444444}
    Lake on watercourse Lake Tana
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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