Daga River (South Sudan) Explained

Daga River
Name Other:Deqe Sonka Shet, Khor Daga
Pushpin Map:South Sudan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of mouth in South Sudan
Discharge1 Location:Mouth (estimate) [1]
Source1 Coordinates:8.9469°N 34.6018°W
Mouth:Machar Marshes
Mouth Coordinates:9.5333°N 57°W
Progression:Machar MarshesAdarWhite NileNileMediterranean Sea
River System:Nile Basin
Basin Population:52,000
Country:South Sudan, Ethiopia

The Daga River (or Khor Daga) is a river in South Sudan. It rises in the mountains of the Mirab Welega Zone in Ethiopia, just east of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, where it is known as the Deqe Sonka Shet.[2] It flows west past the town of Daga Post and discharges into the Machar Marshes.[3]

Notes and References

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  2. http://www.cde.unibe.ch/sudan/maps/south/statemaps/jonglei_highweb.JPG Topographical map of Jonglei
  3. Book: Sutcliffe, J. V.. Parls. Y. P.. The Hydrology of the Nile. 1999. The Sobat Basin and the Machar Marshes. 2011-07-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110705132235/http://iahs.info/bluebooks/SP005/BB_005_0103.pdf. 2011-07-05. page 112