Bahr el Zeraf
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The Bahr el Zeraf (also spelled Bahr az-Zaraf and Bahr ez Zeraf) is arm of the White Nile in the Sudd region of Sudan, Africa. It is completely contained within the Sudenese state of Jonglei. Its name is Arabic for "Giraffe River".
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The Bahr el Zeraf forms in the southern Sudd wetlands as an arm of the Bahr al Jabal ("Mountain Nile") section of the White Nile. It flows north for 240 kilometres (150 mi) before rejoining the White Nile 56 kilometres (35 mi) upriver from Malakal.[1]
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- ^ Bahr az-Zaraf. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
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- Bahr el Zeraf (river), Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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