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The Nile — Palaeolimnology of Headwaters

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The Nile, Biology of an Ancient River

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 29))

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Although the Nile is an ancient river (see ch. 1 and 2), the existing hydrologic pattern is no older than 12,500 years and may be as young as 10,000 years. Even during that shorter period there have been drastic changes in the basic nature of the river, and its drainage area was sometimes augmented by overflow from the Lake Rudolf basin through the Pibor and Sobat rivers.

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Livingstone, D.A. (1976). The Nile — Palaeolimnology of Headwaters. In: Rzóska, J. (eds) The Nile, Biology of an Ancient River. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1563-9_4

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