Bahr el-Ghazal (
Arabic
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بحر الغزال , also transliterated ''Bahr al-Ghazal'', ''Baḩr al-Ghazāl'', ''Bahr el-Gazel'', or versions of these without the hyphen) may refer to two distinct places, both named after ephemeral or dry rivers.
Chad
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Bahr el-Ghazal (wadi in Chad)
The Bahr el-Ghazal (بحر الغزال) is a wadi, or dry riverbed, in central Chad. When water flows through it (which in modern times happens only in rare, extreme rainfall events), it flows from southwest to northeast, away from Lake Chad and ...
, a dry riverbed in central Chad
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Bahr el Gazel (region of Chad)
Barh El Gazel ( ar, منطقة بحر الغزال, french: Région du Barh El Gazel) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. The region's name may also be written as Barh El Gazal or Bahr el Gazel. Its capital is the town of Moussoro. The region was ...
, an administrative region of Chad
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Bahr el Gazel Nord, a department in the region
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Bahr el Gazel Sud, a department in the region
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Bahr el Gazel Department, former name of the region
South Sudan
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Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan), a geographic region of northwestern South Sudan
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Bahr el Ghazal River
The Bahr el Ghazal (; also spelled Bahr al Ghazal and Baḩr al Ghazāl) is a river in South Sudan. The South Sudanese region of Bahr el Ghazal takes its name from the river.
The Bahr el Ghazal is the main western tributary of the Nile. It is ...
, a river in South Sudan
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Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Northern Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 30,543 km² and is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. It borders East Darfur in Sudan to the north, Western Bahr el Ghazal to the west and south, and Warrap and the ...
, a former state in South Sudan
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Western Bahr el Ghazal
Western Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of and is the least populous state in South Sudan, according to the controversial Sudanese census conducted in 2008. It is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. Its capital is Wau. ...
, a former state in South Sudan
See also
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Bahr (disambiguation)
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Ghazal (disambiguation)
A ghazal is a poetic form with couplets that share a rhyme and a refrain.
Ghazal or Gazal may also refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Gazal'' (1964 film), an Indian Urdu-Hindi film
* ''Ghazal'' (1975 film), an Iranian film
* ''Ghazal'' (1993 film), ...
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