Bahr el Ghazal

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Bahr el Ghazal is a major river and region in South Sudan that forms one of the principal western tributary systems of the White Nile.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region
river
borderedBy Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatoria region
Greater Upper Nile
surface form: Greater Upper Nile region

Sudan
climate tropical savanna
confluenceNear Lake No
contains Wau
country South Sudan
countryBeforeIndependence Sudan
drainageBasin western South Sudan
economicActivity cattle herding
subsistence agriculture
ethnicGroups Dinka
Fertit
Luo
flowsThrough Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bahr el Ghazal region
forms western tributary system of the White Nile
hasConflictHistory Second Sudanese Civil War
hasEcosystem flooded grasslands
wooded savanna
hasSourceRegion border areas with Central African Republic
border areas with Democratic Republic of the Congo
southwestern South Sudan
hasSubregion Lakes region
Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Warrap region

Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Western Bahr el Ghazal
hasWetland Sudd
historicalRegionOf Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
joins White Nile
surface form: White Nile at Lake No
knownFor extensive swamps
seasonal flooding
languageOfName Arabic
locatedIn East Africa
South Sudan
nameMeaning Sea of Gazelles
partOf Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Greater Bahr el Ghazal region

Nile Basin
surface form: Nile river system

White Nile
surface form: White Nile basin
regionCapital Wau
tributaryOf White Nile
usedFor fishing
local transport
pastoralism support

Referenced by (15)

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White Nile hasSectionName Bahr el Ghazal
Dinka language region Bahr el Ghazal
Dinka people region Bahr el Ghazal
this entity surface form: Greater Bahr el Ghazal
Dinka region Bahr el Ghazal
Bahr el Jebel mouth Bahr el Ghazal
Bahr el Jebel joins Bahr el Ghazal
Bahr el Ghazal flowsThrough Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bahr el Ghazal region
Bahr el Ghazal hasSubregion Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Bahr el Ghazal hasSubregion Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Western Bahr el Ghazal
Bahr el Ghazal hasSubregion Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Warrap region
Bahr el Ghazal partOf Bahr el Ghazal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Greater Bahr el Ghazal region
Agar Dinka region Bahr el Ghazal
this entity surface form: Greater Bahr el Ghazal
Anyanya operationalArea Bahr el Ghazal
Anyanya Rebellion region Bahr el Ghazal