Al Jazeera Arabic reported that satellite images showed the Blue Nile receding in Gezira State, central Sudan, in October 2026 compared with the previous year. According to the report, the receding water exposed wide mudflats and sandbars in the river channel. The available text does not give the causes of the recession or its scale in figures. Daily Lebanon could not independently verify this information.
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Satellite images show Blue Nile waters receding in Sudan's Gezira State, according to Al Jazeera Arabic
According to the report, wide mudflats and sandbars were exposed in the river channel
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- According to Al Jazeera Arabic, satellite images showed the Blue Nile receding in October 2026 compared with the previous year.
- According to the report, the receding water exposed wide mudflats and sandbars in the river channel.
- According to Al Jazeera Arabic, the recession was observed in Gezira State, central Sudan.
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- Al Jazeera Arabicمياه تنحسر وجزر تظهر.. كيف تغيّر مجرى النيل الأزرق وسط السودان خلال عام؟Primary source