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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bahr el Ghazal canonical | 8 |
| Greater Bahr el Ghazal | 2 |
| Bahr el Ghazal region | 1 |
| Greater Bahr el Ghazal region | 1 |
| Northern Bahr el Ghazal | 1 |
| Warrap region | 1 |
| Western Bahr el Ghazal | 1 |
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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greater Bahr el Ghazal
this entity surface form:
Bahr el Ghazal region
this entity surface form:
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
this entity surface form:
Western Bahr el Ghazal
this entity surface form:
Warrap region
this entity surface form:
Greater Bahr el Ghazal region
this entity surface form:
Greater Bahr el Ghazal