Dongola Reach
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]
The Southern and the Northern Dongola Reach
The area where the Nile flows from the Fourth Cataract to the southwest making a great S-shaped bend following the structure of the Central African Shear Zone is the Southern Dongola Reach. The area where it flows northward out of the bend and through to the Third Cataract is the Northern Dongola Reach.
Geography
In the Dongola Reach the Nile is without any significant
History
The Dongola Reach contains archaeological material from numerous cultural groups from across the history of the Middle Nile region, including the
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