Dongola Reach

Physiographic zones corresponding to distinct Reaches in the Nile

The Dongola Reach is a reach of approximately 160 km in length stretching from the Fourth downriver to the Third Cataracts of the Nile in Upper Nubia, Sudan.^[1] Named after the Sudanese town of Dongola which dominates this part of the river, the reach was the heart of ancient Nubia.^[2]

^ Geography of Nubia.
^ Welsby, Derek A. (2001). Life on the Desert Edge: Seven Thousand Years of Settlement in the Northern Dongola Reach, Sudan. Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication. Vol. no. 7. ISBN 1-84171-264-7. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[1] Geography of Nubia.

[2] Welsby, Derek A. (2001). Life on the Desert Edge: Seven Thousand Years of Settlement in the Northern Dongola Reach, Sudan. Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication. Vol. no. 7. ISBN 1-84171-264-7. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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