Baro River

The Baro in Gambela

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The Baro ( Amharic Baro Wenz, Anuak Upeno or Opeeno ) is a 306 km long river in the region in southwest Ethiopia Gambela. He is the main tributary of the Sobat to which it joins on the border with South Sudan with the Pibor. The catchment area covers approximately 41,400 km ². Its headwaters located in the Ethiopian highlands. Its main tributaries are the Sor ( tributary of the Birbir ), the Gebba (also Geba ), the Birbir and Jikaw. It is navigable during the flood season to Gambela. The Sobat receives about 72 % of its volume of water from the Baro.

Geography

The majority of its water from the Baro relates the Illubabor zone. Over most of its course it meanders through flat, wooded terrain with high rainfall at an altitude of about 400 to 500 m west-northwest direction. In the last 80 km it forms the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. The river loses nearly a quarter of its water between Gambela and the mouth in the Machar Marshes through evaporation.

Hydrometrie

Average monthly flow of Baro measured at the hydrological station in Gambela, about half of its path, in m³ / s ( 1905-1959 ).