The Adar River (or Khor Adar), known to the
Dinka
The Dinka people () are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three provinces that were formerly part of southern ...
as the Yal, is a tributary of the
White Nile
The White Nile ( ') is a river in Africa, the minor of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the larger being the Blue Nile. The name "White" comes from the clay sediment carried in the water that changes the water to a pale color.
In the stri ...
in the state of
Upper Nile,
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
. It flows north west from the
Machar Marshes[ page 108] and enters the White Nile just upstream of the town of
Melut
Melut is a community in the Melut County of Upper Nile State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. It is the headquarters of Melut County.
Location
The town is on the east bank of the White Nile, just below the point where the Adar R ...
.
References
Rivers of South Sudan
Tributaries of the Nile
Upper Nile (state)
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