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Daga River (South Sudan)

Coordinates: 9°32′N 33°24′E / 9.533°N 33.400°E / 9.533; 33.400
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Daga River
Deqe Sonka Shet, Khor Daga
Daga River (South Sudan) is located in South Sudan
Daga River (South Sudan)
Location of mouth in South Sudan
Location
CountrySouth Sudan, Ethiopia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates8°56′49″N 34°36′06″E / 8.946893°N 34.601764°E / 8.946893; 34.601764
 • elevation2,048 m (6,719 ft)
MouthMachar Marshes
 • coordinates
9°32′N 33°24′E / 9.533°N 33.400°E / 9.533; 33.400
 • elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Length337 km (209 mi)
Basin size6,630 km2 (2,560 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationMouth (estimate) [1]
 • average44.4 m3/s (1,570 cu ft/s)
 • minimum5.93 m3/s (209 cu ft/s)
 • maximum113.89 m3/s (4,022 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionMachar MarshesAdarWhite NileNileMediterranean Sea
River systemNile Basin
Population52,000

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]

References

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  1. ^ Müller Schmied, Hannes; Cáceres, Denise; Eisner, Stephanie; Flörke, Martina; Herbert, Claudia; Niemann, Christoph; Peiris, Thedini Asali; Popat, Eklavyya; Portmann, Felix Theodor; Reinecke, Robert; Schumacher, Maike; Shadkam, Somayeh; Telteu, Camelia-Eliza; Trautmann, Tim; Döll, Petra (2021-02-23). "The global water resources and use model WaterGAP v2.2d: model description and evaluation". Geoscientific Model Development. 14 (2): 1037–1079. Bibcode:2021GMD....14.1037M. doi:10.5194/gmd-14-1037-2021. hdl:11250/2984567. ISSN 1991-959X.
  2. ^ Topographical map of Jonglei Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sutcliffe, J. V.; Parls, Y. P. (1999). "The Sobat Basin and the Machar Marshes". The Hydrology of the Nile (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2011-07-22. page 112