Editing Nile (section)

=== White Nile ===
In 1951, American [[John Goddard (adventurer)|John Goddard]] together with two French explorers became the first to successfully navigate the entire Nile from its source in Burundi at the potential headsprings of the Kagera River in Burundi to its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, a journey of approximately {{cvt|6800|km|||}}. Their 9-month journey is described in the book ''Kayaks down the Nile''.<ref>[[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] wrote an article about this trip in its Magazine issue dated May 1955.</ref>

The White Nile Expedition, led by South African national [[Hendrik Coetzee]], navigated the White Nile's entire length of approximately {{convert|3700|km|mi}}. The expedition began at the White Nile's beginning at Lake Victoria in Uganda, on 17 January 2004 and arrived at the Mediterranean in Rosetta, four and a half months later.<ref>[[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] released a feature film about the expedition in late 2005 entitled ''The Longest River''.</ref>