Bahr el-Ghazal (, also transliterated ''Bahr al-Ghazal'', ''Baḥr al-Ghazāl'', ''Bahr el-Gazel'', or versions of these without the hyphen) may refer to two distinct places, both named after ephemeral or dry rivers.

Chad

Bahr el-Ghazal (wadi in Chad) The Bahr el-Ghazal (بحر الغزال) is a wadi, or dry riverbed, in central Chad. When water flows through it (which in modern times happens only in rare, extreme rainfall events), it flows from southwest to northeast, away from Lake Chad ...

, a dry riverbed in central Chad *

Bahr el Gazel (region of Chad) Barh El Gazel (, ) is one of the 23 provinces of Chad. The province's name may also be written as Barh El Gazal or Bahr el Gazel. Its capital is the town of Moussoro. The province was created in 2008 from the former Barh El Gazel Department o ...

, an administrative region of Chad **

Bahr el Gazel Nord Barh El Gazel Nord is one of two departments of Chad in Barh El Gazel, a region of Chad. Its capital is Salal. See also * Departments of Chad The provinces of Chad have been divided into 120 Department (country subdivision), department ...

, a department in the region **

Bahr el Gazel Sud Bahr el Gazel Sud is one of two departments of Chad in Bahr el Gazel, a region of Chad. Its capital is Moussoro. See also * Departments of Chad The provinces of Chad have been divided into 120 Department (country subdivision), departmen ...

, a department in the region **

Bahr el Gazel Department Bahr el Gazel (, ) was formerly a departments of Chad, department in the Kanem Region of Chad. In 2008 the former department was split from Kanem to become a Bahr el Gazel (region of Chad), new region of the same name. The capital city, capital ...

, former name of the region

South Sudan

Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan) The Bahr el Ghazal () is a region of northwestern South Sudan. Its name came from the river Bahr el Ghazal River, Bahr el Ghazal. The name translates as "sea of gazelles" from Arabic. Geography Bahr el Ghazal borders the Central African Republi ...

, a geographic region of northwestern South Sudan *

Bahr el Ghazal River The Bahr el Ghazal () or Naam River ( Nuer) is a river in South Sudan. The South Sudanese region of Bahr el Ghazal takes its name from the river. The Bahr el Ghazal is the main western tributary of the Nile. It is long, flowing through the Sud ...

, a river in South Sudan *

Northern Bahr el Ghazal Northern Bahr el Ghazal (Arabic: ولاية شمال بحر الغزال) is a States of South Sudan, state in South Sudan. It has an area of 30,543 km2 and is part of the Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan), Bahr el Ghazal region. It b ...

, a former state in South Sudan *

Western Bahr el Ghazal Western Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of and as of 2020 has estimated 600,000 in population. It is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. Its capital is Wau. The state shared international borders with Sudan to the north ...

, a former state in South Sudan