Pibor River

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The Pibor River is a major river in East Africa that flows through Ethiopia and South Sudan, forming part of their international boundary and contributing to the Nile basin.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pibor River canonical 3
Pibor River system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Pibor
basinCountry Ethiopia
South Sudan
confluenceForms Sobat River NERFINISHED
confluenceWith Baro River NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
South Sudan
countryBorderOf Ethiopia–South Sudan
drainageBasin Nile River basin
linked to: Nile Basin
flowsDirection generally southward
flowsInto Sudds of South Sudan
linked to: Sudd
flowsNear Pibor town
flowsThrough Gambela National Park
formsBorderBetween Ethiopia
South Sudan
formsPartOf Ethiopia–South Sudan border
hasEcologicalFeature seasonal flooding
wetland habitats
hasPoliticalSignificance international boundary river
hasTributary Akobo River
Gilo River
Kangen River
Lotilla River
languageOfName English
locatedIn East African Rift drainage area
Gambela Region
Greater Upper Nile region
linked to: Greater Upper Nile

eastern South Sudan
western Ethiopia
mouthOfWatercourse Sobat River NERFINISHED
partOf Nile basin
linked to: Nile Basin

White Nile system
linked to: White Nile
partOfHydrologicalSystem Eastern Nile sub-basin
region East Africa
tributaryOf Sobat River NERFINISHED
usedBy pastoralist communities
usedFor fishing
local transport
watercourseThrough marshes and floodplains

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akobo River partOf Pibor River system
linked to: Pibor River