Bahr el-Ghazal (

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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

* Bahr el-Ghazal (wadi in Chad), a dry riverbed in central Chad * Bahr el Gazel (region of Chad), an administrative region of Chad **

Bahr el Gazel Nord Barh El Gazel Nord is one of two departments of Chad in Barh El Gazel, a region of Chad. Its capital is Salal ''Gaultheria shallon'' is an evergreen shrub in the heather family (Ericaceae), native to western North America. In English, it is ...

, a department in the region ** Bahr el Gazel Sud, a department in the region **

Bahr el Gazel Department Bahr el Gazel ( ar, بحر الغزال, french: Barh El Gazel) was formerly a department in the Kanem Region of Chad. In 2008 the former department was split from Kanem to become a new region of the same name. The capital of the former depa ...

, former name of the region

South Sudan

Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan) The Bahr el Ghazal is a region of northwestern South Sudan. Its name came from the river Bahr el Ghazal River, Bahr el Ghazal. The name translates as "sea of gazelles" from Arabic. Geography Bahr el Ghazal borders the Central African Republic t ...

, a geographic region of northwestern South Sudan * Bahr el Ghazal River, a river in South Sudan * Northern Bahr el Ghazal, a former state in South Sudan * Western Bahr el Ghazal, a former state in South Sudan

Chad

South Sudan

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