The Sobat River is a river of the Greater Upper Nile region in northeastern South Sudan, Africa. It is the most southerly of the great eastern tributary of the White Nile, before the confluence with the Blue Nile.
Geography
The Sobat River is formed by the confluence of the west-flowing
Baro River and the north-flowing
Pibor River, on the border with
Ethiopia. The river enters the
White Nile at
Doleib Hill, near the city of
Malakal in Upper Nile State.
When in flood the Sobat River produces an enormous discharge carrying a white sediment, which gives the White Nile its name.
Hydrology
The Sobat and its tributaries drain a
Drainage basin approximately in size. The river's mean annual discharge is 412 m³/s (14,550 ft³/s).
Mamdouh Shahin (2025). 140200866X, Springer. 140200866X
; online at Google Books
See also
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List of rivers of South Sudan
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