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The Nile River system

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The Ecology of River Systems

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 60))

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The literature on the Nile system is vast. This chapter does not reiterate the work of Hurst (1957) and the monographs on biology (Hammerton 1972; Rzóska 1976), geology (Said 1981) and palaeolimnology (Williams & Faure 1980), but instead reviews the major features of the basin and incorporates new data and ideas on Nile biogeography, with the intention to partly update Rzóska’s (1976) book.

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Dumont, H.J. (1986). The Nile River system. In: Davies, B.R., Walker, K.F. (eds) The Ecology of River Systems. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3290-1_3

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