Jubba River

Jubba River
Jubba River
	Map of the Jubba/Shebelle drainage basin
Location
Countries	Somalia; Ethiopia;
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Confluence of Dawa River and Ganale Dorya River
• coordinates	4°10′38″N 42°04′51″E / 4.1771°N 42.0809°E
Mouth
• location	Somali Sea
• coordinates	0°14′58″S 42°37′51″E / 0.2495°S 42.6307°E
Basin size	749,000 km2 (289,000 sq mi)

The Jubba River or Juba River (Somali: Webiga Jubba, Italian: fiume Giuba) is a river in southern Somalia which flows through the region of Jubaland. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Somali Sea, where it empties at the Goobweyn juncture. The Jubba basin covers an area of 749,000 km² (289,000 sq mi).^[1] The Somali regional state of Jubaland, formerly called Trans-Juba, is named after the river.

^ Managing Shared Basins in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopian Projects on the Juba and Shabelle Rivers and Downstream Effects in Somalia.

[1] Managing Shared Basins in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopian Projects on the Juba and Shabelle Rivers and Downstream Effects in Somalia.

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