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Bahr el Ghazal River

The 473rd longest river in the world

716 km

The Bahr el Ghazal (lit. 'sea of gazelles') or Naam River (Nuer) is a river in South Sudan. The South Sudanese region of Bahr el Ghazal takes its name from the river. The Bahr el Ghazal is the main western tributary of the Nile. It is 716 km (445 mi) long, flowing through the Sudd wetlands to Lake No, where it joins the White Nile.

Flows through: South Sudan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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