The Narus River flows in a northwesterly direction through the southern portion of

Kidepo Valley National Park Kidepo Valley National Park is a national park in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda. Kidepo is rugged savannah, dominated by the Mount Morungole and transected by the Kidepo and Narus rivers. Location Kidepo Valley National Park is loc ...

in northern

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, joining the larger

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near Komoloich, about after entering

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state of

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. The name ''Narus'' is derived from the Karamajong word for mud. The Narus Valley has a 40% higher mean annual precipitation than the Kidepo Valley ( versus ). Together with a different soil structure, this creates perennial swamps and water pools along the Narus River in the middle of undulating grassland and bushland mosaic savanna, which draw plains game and are home to the

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. Most of the Park's tourist infrastructure is in Narus Valley, as much of the game from the more expansive northern Kidepo Valley migrates there during the dry season .

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