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Jubba River

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Also known as Juba, Webi Jubba

river in Somalia

Key facts

Native name
نهر جوبا ( Arabic )
Countries
Somalia Ethiopia
Location
Ganale Dorya River
Coordinates
6°48′45″N 39°07′14″E / 6.812476°N 39.120654°E / 6.812476; 39.120654
Length
1,634 km (1,015 mi)
Elevation
3,588 m (11,772 ft)
Mouth
Somali Sea
Basin size
745,374 km (287,791 sq mi)
Average
536.7 m /s (18,950 cu ft/s)
Minimum
179.2 m /s (6,330 cu ft/s)
Maximum
1,055.7 m /s (37,280 cu ft/s)
Population
27,100,000
Left
Ganale Dorya , Shebelle
Right
Dawa , Ewaso Ng'iro

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Somalia
Located in
Somalia
Continent
Africa
Image
Bardere.bridge.jpg
Length
1658
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watershed area
497504
discharge
127
Commons category
Jubba River
mouth of the watercourse
Indian Ocean
topic's main category
Category:Jubba River
category for the water basin
Category:Jubba Basin
tributary
Ewaso Ng'iro
origin of the watercourse
Dawa River
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Encyclopedic overview

The Jubba River or Juba River (Somali: Webiga Jubba, Italian: fiume Giuba) is a river in southern Somalia which flows through the region of Jubaland. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Somali Sea, where it empties at the Goobweyn juncture. The Jubba basin covers an area of 749,000 km (289,000 mi). The Somali regional state of Jubaland, formerly called Trans-Juba, is named after the river.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jubba River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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On the map

5 mapped locations