Yabus River

The Yabus River (or Khor Yabus) rises in the far west of Ethiopia, in Asosa Zone, flows west into Sudan past the town of Yabus, then enters South Sudan.^[2] At the town of Bunj it turns south west and enters the Machar Marshes,^[3] where it loses its identity.

Yabus River Khor Yabus
Location of mouth in South Sudan
Location
Country	South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	9.480521°N 34.462993°E / 9.480521; 34.462993
• elevation	1,346 m (4,416 ft)
Mouth	Machar Marshes
• coordinates	9°52′N 33°35′E
• elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
Length	192 km (119 mi)
Basin size	6,080 km2 (2,350 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Mouth (estimate) [1]
• average	34.57 m3/s (1,221 cu ft/s)
• minimum	3.61 m3/s (127 cu ft/s)
• maximum	103.82 m3/s (3,666 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Machar Marshes → Adar → White Nile → Nile → Mediterranean Sea
River system	Nile Basin
Cities	Bunj
Population	227,000

The river is sometimes confused with the Dabus River, a tributary of the Blue Nile, also known as the Yabus River. The sources of the two rivers are close to each other.

See also

• List of rivers of South Sudan
• List of rivers of Sudan
• List of rivers of Ethiopia

References

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. "Voluntary Repatriation of Sudanese Refugees from Gambella, Ethiopia to Blue Nile State, Sudan: Mission Report" (PDF). UNMCR. October 2005. Retrieved 2011-07-22. Annex: Map of Water Availability in Southern Blue Nile
3. Sutcliffe, J.V.; Parls, Y.P. (1999). "The Sobat Basin and the Machar Marshes". The Hydrology of the Nile (PDF). Retrieved 2011-07-22. page 112