Fact: Rivers of Cush

The rivers of Cush mentioned in ch. 3 are the Blue Nile and the White Nile, the two major tributaries of the Nile River, which flows northward through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. The Blue Nile is 900 miles (1,450 km) long and begins its northward journey in Ethiopia. The White Nile is 2,300 miles (3,700 km) long, flowing all the way from Lake Victoria in Uganda.