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  Juba River - LoveToKnow 1911
The last-named, the most remote source of the river, rises in 7° 30' N., 38° E. at an altitude of about 7500 ft., the crest of the mountains reaching another 2500 ft. In its upper course it flows over a rocky bed with a swift current and many rapids.
The soil is sandy, covered either with thorn-scrub or rank grass, which in the rainy season affords herbage for the herds of cattle, sheep and camels owned by the Boran Gallas and the Somali who inhabit the district.
The river, from its mouth to the confluence of the Daua and Ganale, forms the frontier between the British East Africa protectorate and Italian Somaliland; and from that point to about 4° 20' N. the Daua is the boundary between British and Abyssinian territory.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Juba_River   (1002 words)

  
 Embassy of Sudan in South Africa - Economy | River Transport
River navigation is expected to be used on Khartoum-Shendi-Atbara line to transport crops and cement in the near future.
The river transport corporation now owns the largest river fleet in Africa which is composed of big carriers, with 2000 ton capacity, in addition to the barges meant for transporting goods and oil as well as the new passenger steamers.
Rehabitilation of river ports in Kosti, Malakal and Juba.
www.sudani.co.za /economy_transport_river.htm   (1018 words)

  
 africanfront.com (AUF)
Augmenting the river banks along the populated areas, building safety canals to channel excess water, and creating reservoirs is necessary to control control the force of the river during flood months.
While the basin area of the Juba River at the border with Ethiopia is smaller than that of the Shebelli River, its discharge is almost three times as much due to geological conditions.
In the Juba basin, the planned, but up to now never constructed Baardhere dam was designed to irrigate up to 170,000 ha, but the size of the dam already seems to have been reduced to irrigate 50,000 ha, in view of the sharing of water with Ethiopia.
www.africanfront.com /water_sheds/water_sheds2/water_sheds6.php   (773 words)

  
 ITALIAN - Online Information article about ITALIAN
town at the mouth of the Juba river.
from the coast, and further inland is Dolo at the confluence of the Daua and Ganale to form the Juba.
wide, annually inundated by the rise of the river.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /INV_JED/ITALIAN.html   (2815 words)

  
 Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Master Juba / Willam Henry Lane - Main Page
By 1845 Juba beat Diamond every time which allowed Juba to receive top billing in a all white minstrel company called the Ethiopian Minstrels where he was billed as the 'Greatest Dancer In The World'.
Juba joined other minstrel groups such as "White's Serenaders." Lane was brought out as a professional dancer with great success throughout the United States, the handbills basically described him as a God of the dance.
A Juba (Giouba) was also a dance created by slaves featuring hand clapping and foot stomping, referred to as 'patting the Juba.' The word is traced back to its origin in Africa where it is seen in a dance called "Djouba" and in Haiti, where it is called "Martinique."
www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2juba1.htm   (619 words)

  
 Source book for the inland fishery resources of Africa Vol. 3
The central and southern regions, situated between the Scebeli and Juba Rivers, are a fertile agricultural area characterized by extensive, comparatively densely populated, plains.
The Upper Juba region, which lies between the Juba River, Ethiopia and Kenya, is covered by a thick bush and in certain places with forests.
The Chari River is formed from the confluence of several rivers, principally the Salamat, Bahr Aouk and Ouham Rivers.
www.fao.org /docrep/005/T0361E/T0361E07.htm   (3529 words)

  
 Sudan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This region was also known as Nubia and Meroe, and these civilizations flourished mainly along the Nile River from the first to the sixth cataracts.
Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.
It is dominated by the River Nile and its tributaries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudan   (3857 words)

  
 SouthSudan.Net
He pointed out that the use of the first River Port in the Greater Equatoria region would contribute to the change of lives for the better.
The construction of the Juba River Port cost two and a half million US dollars ($2.5m) and has the capacity of three hundred and eighty kilowatts (380kw) of electricity.
He promised a large crowd attending the ceremony that the ongoing construction of roads in Juba town would be completed in six months.
www.southsudan.net /SSNET2007/ss/ss.html   (370 words)

  
 A Confederate Soldier in Egypt: Part II, Chapter I
The swift current of the river shadowed by the thick overhanging foliage made the voyage delightful, to which was added the perfume exhaled from a thousand plants.
The river is fully a hundred yards in width and varies from twelve to thirty-five feet in depth.
In the expedition to the Juba River, as already related, Colonel Long took possession and fortified a position there, and Colonel Ward surveyed its mouth, harbor, and the coast near it, the jealousy of England preventing an exploration from this point to the great lakes at the Equator.
soldier.atomicmartinis.com /csie2c1.htm   (5050 words)

  
 SOMALI BANTU - Their History and Culture
The Bantu in the Juba River valley can be further divided between those living in the lower Juba River valley (primarily villages south of Jilib) and those living in the middle Juba River valley (primarily villages from Jilib in the south to Buale in the north).
The Juba region is a fertile agricultural land mass stretching between the Kenyan border to the west and the Indian Ocean to the east.
As a result, farmers tend to exploit the recession of river flooding from the adjoining dhesheeg, or depression, along the Juba River.
www.cal.org /co/bantu/sbland.html   (486 words)

  
 Sudan Development Program - Business News Centre
Sudan has sold its River Transport Authority to a Kuwaiti investment group in a US$105 million deal that will bring investment to the important Nile river trade route, the finance ministry has said.
The Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has inaugurated the first River Port in Juba on the western bank of the River Nile.
The reconstruction effort of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is beginning to show dividends with the handing over of three renovated government offices in Juba to the government by the contractor.
www.sudandevelopmentprogram.org /sp/news/news.htm   (1631 words)

  
 Sudan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Three Kushite and Meroetic kingdoms called northern Sudan their home in ancient times, this region was also known as the Nubian Kingdom and these civilizations flourished mainly along the Nile River from the first to the sixth cataracts.
These kingdoms were influenced by, and in turn influenced Pharaonic Egypt.
Some fled into southern cities, such as Juba; others trekked as far north as Khartoum and even into Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, and other neighboring countries.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/u/d/Sudan.html   (2233 words)

  
 The Africa Guide - Somalia - Introduction
Somalia is situated on the horn of East Africa and is bordered by the Gulf of Aden and Djibouti to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east and south, to the north and northwest by Ethiopia and Kenya to the southwest.
The Juba and Shebeli rivers originate in Ethiopia and flow toward the Indian Ocean.
They provide water for irrigation but are not navigable by commercial vessels.
www.africaguide.com /country/somalia   (91 words)

  
 Phoenicia, Phoenician Ships, Navigation and Commerce
Here the route divided, passing to Babylon southwards along the course of the great river, and to Nineveh eastwards by way of the Khabour and the Sinjar mountain-range.
The nature of the Phoenician trade with Upper Mesopotamia is unknown to us; and it is not impossible that their merchants visited Haran,[81] rather because it lay on the route which they had to follow in order to reach Armenia than because it possessed in itself any special attraction for them.
They have a considerable city, to which the Phoenicians sail up." The river on which the city stood was probably the Senegal.
www.phoenicia.org /ships.html   (6674 words)

  
 Somali River - Juba & Shabelle
It also gives analysis that has been made on these important rivers.
Conflicts and Cooperation in the Juba and Shabelle River Basins
The Case of the Juba and Shabelle River Basins in the Horn of Africa
www.somwat.com /rivers.html   (45 words)

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