RAS question
The Nile River, the longest river in the world, flows through:
Correct answer: (D) 11 African countries, mainly Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt.
The Nile River flows through eleven African countries, including Uganda, Sudan and Egypt, before draining northward into the Mediterranean Sea.
Explanation
The Nile is tested here as a river-system question, not merely as a name-memory fact. It is the world's longest river, flowing north through East Africa to the Mediterranean. The Nile Basin Initiative confirms the key option-level fact: the Nile River flows through eleven countries, including Egypt, Sudan and Uganda. Its two main tributaries also explain why those countries matter in the route: the White Nile begins from Lake Victoria in Uganda, while the Blue Nile begins from Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and they meet at Khartoum in Sudan. Downstream, the Nile Delta in Egypt is noted for fertility, and ancient Egyptian civilisation flourished along the river.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) South America points to the Amazon, whereas the Nile is an African river system.
- (B) Asia is associated here with rivers such as the Yangtze, but the Nile flows northward through East Africa and the Nile Basin countries.
- (C) Europe has major rivers such as the Danube and Volga, but the Nile's route is through African countries, not Europe.
Concept
This tests world geography through major rivers, drainage basins and continental location. It recurs in RAS because river questions often combine map location, tributaries and civilisation links in one fact pattern.