Which sea is the Nile River’s northern outlet?

The Nile River flows northward into the Mediterranean Sea.

The river crosses northeastern Africa and reaches the sea through the Nile Delta in northern Egypt. The delta is a broad, fertile triangular region formed by sediment deposited as the river divides into several channels near its mouth.

The Nile has two major traditional tributaries: the White Nile, whose distant headwaters are in the Great Lakes region, and the Blue Nile, which rises in Ethiopia. They meet at Khartoum in Sudan before the combined river continues through Egypt.

The river’s annual flooding supported ancient Egyptian civilization, although the Aswan High Dam later regulated its flow and reduced natural sediment delivery downstream. The Nile is often described as the world’s longest river, but measurements and definitions make comparisons with the Amazon debated.