Jubba River
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
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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.
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