The Nile in 1904

by Sir William Willcocks

1904
Month.	Victoria Nile at Ripon Falls.	Albert Nile			Gazelle river app.	Sobat river.	White Nile at Tewfikia.
		Wadelai.	Gondo- koro.	Above Sobat junction.
February	..	1030	1060	430	20	230	660
March	..	1000	1020	430	20	130	560
April	..	1000	1060	430	10	100	530
May	..	..	1200	430	0	160	590
June	..	..	1200	[11]400	0	290	690
July	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
August	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
September	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
October	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
November	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
December	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Year	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

1904
Month.	White Nile at Khartoum.	Blue Nile at Khartoum.	Atbara river.	Total of: White, Blue and Atbara rivers.	Nile at Assuân in flood. At Halfa in low supply.	Rosetta branch.	Damietta branch.
February	800	300	0	1100	1300	850	110
March	520	210	0	730	850	110	250
April	500	200	0	700	650	0	80
May	500	300	0	800	600	0	10
June	550	500	50	1050	950	0	30
July	..	2600	800	..	1100	30	80
August	..	5500	1100	..	5900	2000	1000
September	..	..	700	..	..	..	..
October	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
November	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
December	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Year	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

[11] Blue Nile water flowing up the White Nile and decreasing the normal discharge.

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Appendix H

Table XXV.—Minimum and Maximum Discharges of the Nile and its tributaries in 1902 and 1903.

1902
Name of River.	Locality.	Minimum Summer Discharge m³ per second		Maximum Flood Discharge m³ per second
		Date.	Discharge.	Date.	Discharge.
Victoria Nile	Ripon Falls	December	480	May	580
Albert Nile	Wadelaï	April 5th	530	Dec. 10th	760
„	Gondokoro	April 15th	540	Aug. 24th	1360
„	Above Sobat	..	..	..	..
Sobat	Mouth	..	..	..	..
White Nile	Tewfikieh	April	app: 340	..	..
„	Duem	May, 11th	340	Dec. 29th	1500
Blue Nile	Khartoum	April 15th	180	Aug. 29th	7200
Atbara	Mouth	..	..	Sept. 8th	2020
Nile	Wadi Haifa	June 2nd	490	..	..
	Assuân	..	..	Sept. 17th	7000
1903
Victoria Nile	Ripon Falls	January	490	July	830
Albert Nile	Wadelaï	April 5th	630	December	1070
„	Gondokoro	April 10th	680	Sept. 23rd	2600
„	Above Sobat	April	430	..	430
Sobat	Mouth	April 15th	40	Sept. 15th	1040
White Nile	Tewfikieh	April	380	Dec. 15th	1470
„	Duem	May 9th	400	Nov. 15th	1670
Blue Nile	Khartoum	May 5th	100	Aug. 28th	9600
Atbara	Mouth	..	..	Aug. 30th	3100
Nile	Wadi Haifa	May 21st	420	..	..
	Assuân	..	..	Sept. 12th	9000

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Appendix I.

Table XXVI.—Table of mean monthly Discharges at Khartoum, Assuân and Cairo, for the maximum, minimum and mean years.