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No One Still Knows Exactly Where the World's Longest River Begins, but It Is Not Where You Think.

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For nearly 2,500 years, scholars and explorers searched for the source of the Nile. For a long time, Lake Victoria was considered the source. In 2006, a GPS-guided expedition traced the river back to a muddy pool deep in the Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda. That forest is now a World Heritage Site and supplies the majority of Rwanda's drinking water. The article No one knows exactly where the world's longest river begins, but it is not where you think…
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For nearly 2,500 years, scholars and explorers searched for the source of the Nile. For a long time, Lake Victoria was considered the source. In 2006, a GPS-guided expedition traced the river back to a muddy pool deep in the Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda. That forest is now a World Heritage Site and supplies the majority of Rwanda's drinking water. The article No one knows exactly where the world's longest river begins, but it is not where you think…

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Duurzaamnieuws broke the news on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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