Editing Nile (section)

=== In Sudan ===
Below [[Renk, South Sudan|Renk]], the White Nile enters Sudan, it flows north to Khartoum and meets the Blue Nile.

The course of the Nile in Sudan is distinctive. It flows over [[Cataracts of the Nile|six groups of cataracts]], from the sixth at [[Sabaloka Game Reserve|Sabaloka]] just north of Khartoum northward to [[Abu Hamad]]. The tectonic uplift of the [[Nubian Swell]] diverts the river south-west for over 300&nbsp;km, following the structure of the [[Central African Shear Zone]] embracing the [[Bayuda Desert]]. At [[Al Dabbah, Sudan|Al Dabbah]] it resumes its northward course towards the first cataract at [[Aswan]] forming the S-shaped Great Bend of the Nile<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stern |first1=Robert J. |last2=Abdelsalam |first2=Mohamed Gamal |year=1996 |title=The Origin of the Great Bend of the Nile from SIR-C/X-SAR Imaginary |journal=Science |volume=274 |issue=5293 |pages=1696–1698 |bibcode=1996Sci...274.1696S |doi=10.1126/science.274.5293.1696 |pmid=8939856 |s2cid=30460159 }}</ref> mentioned by [[Eratosthenes]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/17A1*.html |title=LacusCurtius • Strabo's Geography — Book XVII Chapter 1 (§§ 1‑10) |website=penelope.uchicago.edu |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=13 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013061712/https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/17A1%2A.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the north of Sudan, the river enters [[Lake Nasser]] (known in Sudan as Lake Nubia), the larger part of which is in Egypt.