WikiProject Rivers of Africa

This page tracks the progress of waterway mapping in Africa.

Basins/watersheds in Africa

Major river basins

These are the major ones:

• Nile
• Congo
• Senegal
• Niger
• Volta
• Juba-Shibeli
• Ogooue
• Zambezi
• Ruvuma
• Kunene
• Etosha
• Sabi
• Limpopo
• Orange

Endorheic basin

see Wikipedia: Endorheic riverbasins in Africa for details.

Rivers and lakes without connection to the oceans:

• Okavango River
• Lake Chad (Chari basin)
• Lake Turkana
• Lake Chilwa
• ..

here is a complete Wikipedia List

Basins mapping

Nile

The Nile (Arabic: النيل‎, transliteration: an-nīl, Ancient Egyptian iteru or Ḥ'pī, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world.[1] (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Major source of the Nile's water is the White Nile and the Blue Nile.

Overview: Wikimedia picture

Main Nile

Relation: 5079350793 

White Nile

Relation: 5079050790 

Blue Nile

Relation: 16574911657491 

Tools

Here's a list of already mapped waterways: mapped waterways of Africa provided by user:werner2101 and updated about once a month.