Dinder River

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The Dinder River (Arabic: Nahr Ad-dindar, also spelled Dindar) is a tributary of the Blue Nile. It flows through Ethiopia and Sudan for 480 kilometres (300 mi).[1]

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The Dinder River rises in the Ethiopian Highlands, west of Lake Tana in the Ethiopian woreda (ward) of Alefa. It flows northwest out of the highlands and into the plains of the Sudanese state of Sennar. It meanders across the plains to join the Blue Nile near the town of Sennar.[1]

The major town on its banks is Er Roseires.

The Dinder National Park of Sudan, which stretches south from the Dinder, is named after the river.

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  1. ^ a b Dinder River. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
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