Bahr el Zeraf
| Native label | بَـحْـر الـزّرَاف  |
|---|---|
| Mouth of the watercourse | White Nile |
| Drainage basin | Nile basin |
| Country | South Sudan |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Jonglei |
| Coordinate location | 9°24′45″N 31°9′52″E |
De Bahr el Zeraf (Arabic: بَـحْـر الـزّرَاف, romanized: Baḥr ez-Zerāf, dem sanso know as de Giraffe anaa Phow River insyd de English language,[1] be an arm of de White Nile insyd de Sudd region of South Sudan. E be completely contained within de South Sudanese state of Jonglei. Ein name be Arabic for "Giraffe River".[2]
Course
[edit | edit source]De Bahr el Zeraf dey form insyd de southern Sudd wetlands as an arm of de Bahr al Jabal ("Mountain Nile") section of de White Nile. A pair of man-made canals dem know as de Zeraf Cuts na dem dig insyd 1910 den 1913[3] to connect the two rivers at 7°46′05″N 30°34′01″E / 7.768°N 30.567°E.[4] Dese canals dey divert sam of de Jabal ein flow, more dan doubling de Zeraf ein volume, plus de intention of accelerating de flow to Egypt den thereby reducing de water "lost" to evaporation den transpiration insyd de swamps.[3]
From de Cuts de Zeraf dey flow north thru de Ez Zeraf Game Reserve for 280 kilometres (170 mi). About 100 kilometres (62 mi) of dis distance be thru continuous swamp plus islands, wey dey transition further downstream to a well-defined channel plus raised banks.[3] De Zeraf dey rejoin de White Nile near New Fangak, 80 kilometres (50 mi) downriver from Lake No den 56 kilometres (35 mi) upriver from Malakal.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Pease, A. E. (1909-10-16). The Book of the Lion. Ravenio Books.
- ↑ Baedeker, Karl (1914). Egypt and the Sûdân. p. 435.
- 1 2 3 Newhouse, Frederic. The training of the upper Nile. Sir I. Pitnam & sons, ltd.
- ↑ Hughes, R. H.; Hughes, J. S. (1992). A directory of African wetlands ([Pbk. ed.]. ed.). Glan [u.a.]: IUCN [u.a.] ISBN 2880329493.
- ↑ "Bahr az-Zaraf". Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Bahr el Zeraf (river), Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Baḩr az Zarāf, GEOnet Names Server