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Biri River
The Biri River is a river of South Sudan. It is a left tributary of the Kuru River, a headwater of the Lol River. Course The Biri River rises in the south of the Western Bahr el Ghazal near the border with Haut-Mbomou in the Central African Republic. It flows in a north-northeast direction past Deim Zubeir (which lies to the east), then northeast to the border with Northern Bahr el Ghazal, where it joins the Chel or Kuru River from the left. Historical The first European to visit the river appears to have been Dr. Georg August Schweinfurth Georg August Schweinfurth (29 December 1836 – 19 September 1925) was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East Central Africa. Life and explorations He was born at Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. He was edu ..., who spent three years exploring the Bahr-el-Ghazal region before returning to Europe in the fall of 1871. He did not take any astronomical observation, so did not record latitude or longitude, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. Its population was estimated as 12,778,250 in 2019. Juba is the capital and largest city. It gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011, making it the most recent sovereign state or country with widespread recognition as of 2022. It includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the '' Bahr al Jabal'', meaning "Mountain River". Sudan was occupied by Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty and was governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese independence in 1956. Following the First Sudanese Civil War, the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A second Sudanese civil war soon broke out in 1983 and ended in 2005 with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
