The Nile in 1904

by Sir William Willcocks

Appendix C.

Table III.—Velocity of the Nile in its different reaches.

Name of River.	From	To	Dis- tance in kilo- metres.	VELOCITY IN METRES PER SEC.		VELOCITY IN KILO- METRES PER DAY.		TIME IN WHICH THE WATER TRAVELS IN DAYS.
				in flood.	in low supply.	in flood.	in low supply.	in flood.	in low supply.
Victoria Nile.	Ripon Falls	Kakoji	64	1·2	1·2	100	100	·7	·7
„	Kakoji	Lake Choga	47	·7	·6	60	50	·8	·9
	Lake Choga		80	..	..	..	..	..	..
„	Lake Choga	Fowera	110	·7	·6	60	50	1·8	2·2
„	Fowera	Murchison Falls	68	1·2	1·2	100	100	·7	·7
„	Murchison Falls	Lake Albert	30	·9	·7	80	60	·4	·5
	Lake Albert		10	..	..	..	..	..	..
Albert Nile.	Lake Albert	Dufile	218	·7	·6	60	50	3·6	4·4
„	Dufile	Fort Berkeley	155	·9	·7	80	60	1·9	2·6
„	Fort Berkeley	Bôr	206	1·2	·9	100	75	2·1	2·7
„	Bôr	Gaba Shamba	196	·9	·7	80	60	2·4	3·2
„	Gaba Shamba	Lake Nô	380	·6	·6	50	50	7·6	7·6
„	Lake Nô	Sobat	134	·35	·35	30	30	4·5	4·5
White Nile.	Sobat	300 kil. South of Khartum.	538	·6	·35	50	30	10·7	17·9
„	300 kil. South of Khartum.	Khartum	300	·35	·35	30	30	10·0	10·0
The Nile.	Khartum	Shabluka	86	1·6	·8	140	70	·6	1·2
„	6th Cataract		18	2·3	·8	200	100	·1	·2
„	6th Cataract—5th Cataract		285	1·6	·8	140	70	2·0	4·1
„	5th Cataract		160	2·3	1·2	200	100	·8	1·6
„	5th Cataract—4th Cataract		97	1·75	·85	150	75	·6	1·3
„	4th Cataract		110	2·3	1·2	200	100	·6	1·1
„	4th Cataract—3rd Cataract		313	1·75	·85	150	75	2·1	4·2
„	3rd Cataract		80	2·1	1·0	180	90	·4	·9
„	3rd Cataract—2nd Cataract		110	2·1	1·0	180	90	·6	1·2
„	2nd Cataract		200	2·3	1·2	200	100	1·0	2·0
„	Wady Haifa—1st Cataract		345	1·75	·85	150	75	2·3	4·6
„	1st Cataract		5	2·3	1·2	200	100	0·02	0·05
„	Assuân—Barrage		964	1·75	·85	150	75	6·4	13·0
Rosetta Branch.	Barrage—Mediterranean Sea		236	1·75	·85	150	75	1·6	2·2

Table IV.—Time water travels along the Nile.

From	To	Days		Distance in kilo- metres.
		in flood.	in low supply.
Lake Victoria	Lake Choga	2	2	111
Lake Choga		..	..	80
Lake Choga	Lake Albert	3	3	209
Lake Albert		..	..	9
Lake Albert	Gondokoro	6	7	403
Gondokoro	Sobat	16	18	885
Sobat	Khartum	21	28	838
Khartum	Assuan	11	22	1,804
Assuan	Cairo	6	12	945
Lake Albert	Cairo	60	87	4,875

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Appendix D.
DISTANCE FROM THE SEA TO CAIRO, CAIRO TO ASSUAN, ASSUAN TO KHARTUM, KHARTUM TO GONDOKORO AND GONDOKORO TO THE RIPON FALLS, AND BACK.

Tables V and VI.—Distances in kilometres from the Barrage to the sea down the Damietta and Rosetta branches, and vice-versa, measured on the steamer track or Deep Channel in kilometres.

Name of Place.	Distance from Barrage.	Distance from Sea.	Name of Place.	Distance from Barrage.	Distance from Sea.
Damietta Branch.			Rosetta Branch.
Birshams	23	213	Ashmun	23	213
Benha	51	185	Geres	31	205
Mitbera	62	174	Khatatbeh	45	191
Zifta	88	148	Gizaï	63	173
Samanûd	124	112	Tenoub	95	141
Mansurah	142	94	Kafr Zayat	119	117
Sherbin	168	68	Kuddabah	140	96
Ras el Khalig (Station)	182	54	Shibrakhit	154	82
Mit Abu Ghaleb	194	42	Dessouk	168	68
Faraskur	203	33	Fuah	181	55
Damietta	221	15	Atfé	184	52
Sea	236	0	Rosetta	221	15
			Sea	236	0

Table VII.—Distances in kilometres from Barrage to Assuan and back in kilometres measured on the steamer track or Deep Channel.—Upper-Egypt.