Gilo (river)
Gilo | ||
The Gilo in the Sobat River System (middle right) |
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Data | ||
location | Ethiopia | |
River system | Nile | |
Drain over | Pibor → Sobat → White Nile → Nile → Mediterranean | |
confluence | of the two rivers Godare and Beko | |
muzzle | in the Pibor coordinates: 8 ° 8 ′ 30 " N , 33 ° 11 ′ 32" E 8 ° 8 ′ 30 " N , 33 ° 11 ′ 32" E |
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Mouth height |
406 m
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Catchment area | 12,815 km² | |
Outflow A Eo : 12,815 km² at the mouth |
MQ Mq |
102 m³ / s 8 l / (s km²) |
Discharge at the gauge Pugnido (102006) A Eo : 10,137 km² |
MNQ 1967-1993 MQ 1967-1993 Mq 1967-1993 MHQ 1967-1993 |
25.6 106 m³ / s 10.5 l / (s km²) 200 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Uses | |
Communities | Funyido |
The Gilo is a river in southwest Ethiopia .
course
The Gilo gets its water from the Ethiopian highlands. It arises from the confluence of the two source rivers Godare and Beko, which unite in the Gambela region . The Gilo flows in a north-west-west direction. It flows into the Pibor on the border with South Sudan , about 40 km before it joins the Baro to form Sobat .
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the river was measured for 26 years (1967–1993) at the Pugnido gauge in m³ / s.