Sobat

Sobat (sō'bät) [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed on the Ethiopia-Sudan border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Baro and Pibor rivers. It flows generally NW through SE Sudan, past Nasir, to the White Nile just SW of Malakal. It is navigable in the flood season.

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