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