Cataracts of the Nile

The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths (or whitewater rapids) of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. In some places, these stretches are punctuated by whitewater, while at others the water flow is smoother but still shallow.

The First Cataract cuts through (24°05′N 32°53′E / 24.08°N 32.88°E / 24.08; 32.88 (First Cataract)). Its former location was selected for the construction of Aswan Low Dam, the first dam built across the Nile.

Aswan

Counted going upstream (from north to south):

In Egypt:

In Sudan:

First Cataract

Second cataract in 1854 by John Beasley Greene

Third Cataract

Fourth Cataract

Fifth Cataract

Sixth Cataract in 1908 by Sir Henry Rider Haggard