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river, Africa
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Nile River
- In Nile River: Climate and hydrology
…headstreams, the Baro and the Pibor) that enters the main stream below Al-Sudd. The annual flood of the Sobat, a consequence of the Ethiopian summer rains, is to a great extent responsible for the variations in the level of the White Nile. The rains that swell its upper valley begin…
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Sobat River
- In Sobat River
…main headstreams—the Baro and the Pibor—on the Ethiopian border, southeast of Nāṣir, South Sudan. Other Ethiopian headstreams include the Jokau, the Gilo, and the Akobo. From the Baro-Pibor confluence the river flows about 220 miles (354 km) west-northwest in a series of meanders to its mouth on the Baḥr al-Jabal,…
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