Akobo River
| Akobo River | |
|---|---|
Akobo River Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Countries | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 6°57′28″N 34°53′25″E / 6.957798°N 34.890184°E |
| • elevation | 1,901 m (6,237 ft) |
| Mouth | Pibor River |
• location | Akobo, South Sudan |
• coordinates | 7°47′40″N 33°02′46″E / 7.7944°N 33.0461°E |
• elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Length | 434 km (270 mi) |
| Basin size | 6,250 km2 (2,410 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mouth |
| • average | 106.4 m3/s (3,760 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 22.6 m3/s (800 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 255 m3/s (9,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Pibor → Sobat → White Nile → Nile → Mediterranean Sea |
| River system | Nile |
| Population | 13,500 |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Neubari River, Ajuba River, Kaia River |
| • right | Cechi River, Chiarini River, Owag |
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The Akobo River is a river on the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. From its source in the Ethiopian Highlands near Mizan Teferi it flows west for 434 kilometres (270 mi) to join the Pibor River. The Pibor flows into the Sobat River, which in turn empties into the White Nile.
The tributaries of the Akobo river include the Cechi, the Chiarini, and the Owag, on the right or Ethiopian side; and the Neubari, Ajuba and Kaia on the left or South Sudanese side.