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Bahr-el-Jebel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bahr-el-Jebel , river, 594 mi (956 km) long, section of the White Nile, S Sudan, Africa. The name is usually used for the White Nile between Nimule, where it enters Sudan (as the Albert Nile), and Lake No, where it joins with the Bahr-el-Ghazal to form the Bahr-el-Abiad, also a section of the White Nile. As the river passes through the Sudd swamps it loses much of its volume through evaporation and dispersal. The river is navigable to Juba. Author not available, BAHR-EL-JEBEL. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Bahr-el-Ghazal
, region, SW Sudan. The region takes its name from a river that flows E to the Bahr-el-Jebel to form the White Nile. An area of swamps and ironstone plateaus, the region is inhabited mainly by the Nilotic-speaking Dinka... Read more
White Nile
...extends upstream from Khartoum to the junction of the Bahr el Jebel and the Bahr el Ghazal at Lake No, c.100 mi (160 km...km) to Nimule, where it enters Sudan and becomes the Bahr el Jebel. From Nimule to Rejaf is a zone of rapids. At Juba it... Read more

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