Bahr el Zeraf

Bahr el Zeraf

The Bahr el Zeraf (also spelled Bahr az-Zaraf and Bahr ez Zeraf) is arm of the White Nile in the Sudd region of Sudan, Africa. It is completely contained within the Sudenese state of Jonglei. Its name is Arabic for "Giraffe River".

Course

The Bahr el Zeraf forms in the southern Sudd wetlands as an arm of the Bahr al Jabal ("Mountain Nile") section of the White Nile. It flows north for convert|240|km|mi before rejoining the White Nile convert|56|km|mi upriver from Malakal. [cite web | url= http://www.library.eb.com/eb/article-9011787 | title= Bahr az-Zaraf | accessdate= 2008-01-22 | work= Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition | publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica]

ee also

*List of rivers of Sudan

References

External links

* [http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNFullDisplay?find=Zaraf&place=&nation=&prev_page=1&english=Y&subjectid=1132150 Bahr el Zeraf (river)] , Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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