Bahr-el-Jebel

Bahr-el-Jebel (bä'hur-el-jeb'el) [key], river, 594 mi (956 km) long, section of the White Nile, S Sudan, Africa. The name is usually used for the White Nile between Nimule, where it enters Sudan (as the Albert Nile), and Lake No, where it joins with the Bahr-el-Ghazal to form the Bahr-el-Abiad, also a section of the White Nile. As the river passes through the Sudd swamps it loses much of its volume through evaporation and dispersal. The river is navigable to Juba.

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