Back بحر العرب (دارفور) Arabic نهر بحر العرب ARZ Bahr el Arab (suba sa Habagatang Sudan) CEB Bahr al-Arab German Río al-Arab Spanish Bahr al-Arab French Bahr al-Arab Italian Bahr al-Arab KSH Bahr al Arabas Lithuanian Bahr al-Arab Polish
| Bahr al-Arab | |
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| Native name | بحر العرب (Arabic) |
| Location | |
| Country | Sudan, South Sudan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bongo Massif |
| Mouth | |
• location | Bahr el Ghazal River |
| Length | 800 km (500 mi) |
The Bahr al-Arab (Arabic: بحر العرب) or Kiir River (Dinka) is a river which flows approximately 800 km (500 mi) through the southwest of Sudan and marks part of its international border with South Sudan. It is part of the Nile river system, being a tributary of Bahr el Ghazal, which is a tributary of the White Nile.
The river flows through Sudan's Kurdufan and Darfur regions and forms part of the border between Darfur and the region of Bahr el Ghazal in northwestern South Sudan. For centuries the Bahr al-Arab has marked the boundary between the Dinka and Baggara ethnic groups.[1] The river has served as a frontier and zone of conflict between the Baggara and Dinka peoples since their oral traditions began.[2]
- ^ Burr, Millard; Robert O. Collins (1995). Requiem for the Sudan: War, Drought, and Disaster Relief on the Nile. Westview Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-8133-2121-2.; online at Google Books
- ^ Collins, Robert O.Millard (2002). The Nile. Yale University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-300-09764-6.; online at Internet Archive