Yabus River | |
Name Other: | Khor Yabus |
Pushpin Map: | South Sudan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of mouth in South Sudan |
Discharge1 Location: | Mouth (estimate) [1] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 9.4805°N 34.463°W |
Mouth: | Machar Marshes |
Mouth Coordinates: | 9.8667°N 68°W |
Progression: | Machar Marshes → Adar → White Nile → Nile → Mediterranean Sea |
River System: | Nile Basin |
Basin Population: | 227,000 |
Country: | South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia |
City: | Bunj |
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.
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.