The Nile in 1904

by Sir William Willcocks

1903
Date of discharge.	Gauge			Discharge m³ per second.
	1 day before.	day.	1 day after.
16 April	·24	·24	·24	349
22 September	3·31	3·33	3·35	450

Table XIX.—Observed discharges of the Sobat River referred to the Dulaib Hilla gauge.

1903
17 April	..	·10	..	45
26 August	2·70	2·71	2·74	769
26 September	3·16	3·17	3·19	895

Table XX.—Observed discharges of the White Nile just below the Sobat junction referred to the Tewfikia gauge.

1903
17 April	·24	·24	·24	381
26 August	2·64	2·65	2·66	1046
26 September	3·37	3·38	3·40	1304

Table XXI.—Observed discharges of the White Nile at Duem referred to the Duem and Khartoum gauges.

Date.	Duem Gauge - Gauge.	Khartoum Gauges				Dis- charge cubic metres per second.
		3 days before.	2 days before.	day before.	day of dis- charge.
1902
May 13	·51	-·06	-·07	-·04	-·04	347
June 11	·95	·76	·75	·77	·84	650
July 8	1·42	1·70	1·70	1·85	2·03	788
August 5	2·20	3·52	3·62	3·71	3·79	867
September 2	3·48	5·30	5·30	5·20	5·20	330
October 1	3·50	5·03	5·06	5·16	5·14	870
October 28	2·50	3·35	3·30	3·23	3·16	802
December 1	2·00	2·11	2·10	2·08	2·06	930
December 29	2·04	1·54	1·50	1·48	1·45	1518
1903
January 27	1·12	0·90	0·87	0·84	0·83	663
February 24	0·86	0·36	0·32	0·29	0·28	462
March 24	0·46	0·02	0·01	0·01	0·02	559
April 21	0·38	-0·14	-0·12	-0·12	-0·16	415
May 19	0·38	-0·26	-0·23	-0·21	-0·19	447
June 16	1·09	1·41	1·56	1·65	1·75	658
July  1	1·31	1·61	1·54	1·54	1·54	884
„14	1·71	2·55	2·58	2·75	2·80	835
August  4	2·46	3·50	3·80	4·05	4·40	768
„ 11	3·28	4·95	5·06	5·06	5·10	579
„ 18	3·70	5·55	5·70	5·80	5·70	534
„ 23	4·08	5·80	5·90	5·95	6·00	654
„ 28	4·18	6·03	6·08	6·00	6·05	710
September  2	4·33	6·15	6·28	6·24	6·30	571
„ 7	4·43	6·20	6·20	6·15	6·12	737
„12	4·46	6·24	6·14	6·15	6·05	653
„18	4·40	5·86	5·95	5·88	5·88	840
„24	4·28	5·95	6·00	6·10	6·10	763
October 7	3·93	5·57	5·40	5·32	5·10	1588
November  3	3·11	3·90	3·85	3·75	3·65	1563
„ 24	2·44	2·65	2·63	2·63	2·60	1665
December  8	2·06	2·30	2·28	2·20	2·15	1462
„ 22	1·80	1·90	1·90	1·88	1·88	1403
1904
January  6	1·66	1·78	1·78	1·78	1·75	1508
„ 20	1·54	1·48	1·48	1·48	1·55	1466

Table XXII.—Observed discharges of the Blue Nile at Khartoum referred to the Wad-Medani and Khartoum gauges.

1902
Date of Discharge.	WAD MEDANI GAUGES			Discharge m³ per second.	Khartoum gauges.	Remarks.
	2 days before.	1 day before.	Date of dis- charge.
9 May	·39	·39	·37	184	-0·05
23 „	·71	·61	·65	194	0·16
6 June	2·07	2·03	1·97	604	0·76
20 „	2·97	3·27	3·39	695	1·06
27 „	3·04	3·89	4·29	837	1·30
4 July	3·80	3·70	3·80	1032	1·75
11 „	4·56	4·38	4·48	1453	2·07
18 „	4·80	5·10	5·20	1612	2·33
25 „	5·70	5·66	5·76	1885	2·64
1 August	7·06	7·28	7·56	3420	3·34
8 „	8·56	8·76	8·86	4880	4·20
15 „	9·14	9·02	8·96	4720	4·50
22 „	10·08	10·00	9·66	5540	4·93
29 „	10·46	10·52	10·32	7180	5·34
5 September	10·42	10·32	10·30	6580	5·27
12 „	10·40	10·28	10·60	5800	5·35
19 „	10·32	10·00	10·30	5760	5·30
26 „	10·00	10·10	9·90	4800	5·10
3 October	9·94	9·88	9·70	4880	5·03
10 „	8·40	8·20	8·00	3250	3·45
17 „	7·38	7·48	7·40	2460	3·73
24 „	6·94	6·88	6·78	2030	3·40
31 „	6·18	6·14	6·04	1244	3·00
7 November	5·66	5·60	5·50	1272	2·77
14 „	5·10	5·06	5·00	1035	2·48
21 „	4·74	4·74	4·70	802	2·23
28 „	4·56	4·54	4·46	787	2·11
5 December	4·08	4·04	4·00	654	1·94
12 „	3·73	3·74	3·66	486	1·80
23 „	3·43	3·32	3·26	476	1·58
1903
2 January	2·90	2·88	2·84	348	1·39
9 „	2·64	2·60	2·58	270	1·22
16 „	2·48	2·46	2·44	248	1·09
23 „	2·34	2·32	2·30	250	0·94
6 February	2·06	2·04	2·04	226	0·60
20 „	1·86	1·84	1·84	152	0·39
6 March	1·60	1·60	1·58	202	0·18
20 „	1·36	1·34	1·34	201	0·04
3 April	1·24	1·20	1·20	132	0̅·12
17 „	1·08	1·04	1·04	154	0̅·16
1 May	0·98	0·98	0·96	121	0̅·16
8 „	0·88	0·88	0·90	Nil	0̅·23
15 „	0·88	0·92	0·98	„	0̅·26
22 „	1·40	1·66	1·70	„	0̅·09
28 „	2·74	1·51	3·43	374	0·53
6 June	4·05	3·61	3·65	970	1·40
19 „	4·70	4·62	4·52	1500	1·90
26 „	4·25	4·51	4·31	1089	1·58
3 July	4·71	5·27	5·61	1314	1·78
10 „	6·45	6·55	6·67	1952	2·48
17 „	6·74	6·57	6·91	2267	2·75
24 „	7·97	7·81	7·87	3183	3·40
31 „	7·77	7·67	7·70	2870	3·45
5 August	9·81	10·11	10·11	7584	4·60
10„	10·15	9·99	9·89	7100	5·06
14„	10·59	10·71	10·57	9340	5·65
21„	10·49	10·73	10·71	9519	5·90
28„	10·47	10·41	10·61	9544	?
4 September	10·68	10·44	10·40	8474	6·20
11„	10·74	10·52	10·46	8385	6·15
18„	9·94	9·92	9·96	7070	5·88
25„	10·52	10·46	10·32	8965	6·08
2 October	9·22	9·48	9·36	6581	5·53
9„	9·14	9·04	8·64	5749	5·15
16„	7·97	7·94	8·07	3812	4·45
23„	8·90	8·64	8·54	4198	4·56
30„	7·53	7·33	7·29	2893	4·00
6 November	6·86	6·68	6·32	2275	3·50
13„	6·00	5·90	5·70	1790	3·10
20„	5·71	5·65	5·55	1456	2·65
4 December	4·90	4·88	4·84	1102	2·35
18„	4·36	4·30	4·28	789	1·90
25„	3·90	3·88	3·84	722	1·88
1904
1 January	3·60	3·66	3·64	604	1·80
15„	3·40	3·38	3·36	488	1·59

Table XXIII.—Observed discharges of the Atbara referred to the Khasm El Girba gauge.