Bahr el Ghazal River

Bahr el Ghazal (Larabci: بحر الغزال, ma’ana teku na gazel), wanda ake kira Kogin Naam a wajen Nuer, kogi ne da yake a Sudan ta Kudu. Yankin Bahr el Ghazal na Sudan ta Kudu ya samo sunansa ne daga wannan kogi.

Bahr el Ghazal shi ne babban reshen kogi na yammacin Nilu. Yana da tsawon kilomita 716 (mil 445), yana ratsa cikin Sudd wetlands zuwa Lake No, inda yake haɗuwa da Farar Nilu.

 Ilimin kimiyyar ruwa 
Magudanar ruwa na Bahr al Ghazal ita ce mafi girma a cikin kogin Nilu,wanda ya kai 520,000.km (200,800mi )a girman, amma yana ba da gudummawar ɗan ƙaramin adadin ruwa,kusan 2 m³/s (70)ft³/s)kowace shekara,saboda ɗimbin ɗimbin ruwa da ake asara a cikin yankunan Sudd. ; online at Google Books A lokaci guda,fitar da kogin daga komai zuwa 48 m³/s (1,700)ft³/s).; online at Google Books

A cewar wasu majiyoyi,kogin yana samuwa ne ta hanyar haduwar kogin Jur da kogin Bahr al-Arab.Sai dai kuma wasu majiyoyi na baya-bayan nan sun ce kogin ya tashi ne a cikin yankunan Sudd mai dausayi ba tare da wani takamaiman tushe ba,kogin Jur ya hade a tafkin Ambadi,kuma Bahr al-Arab ya hade a kasa.Magudanar ruwan kogin,gami da magudanan ruwa,yana da kuma ya isa yamma zuwa iyakar Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya da arewa maso yamma zuwa yankin Darfur.

 Tarihi 
Wani masanin yanayin kasar Faransa Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville ne ya fara zana taswirar kogin a shekara ta 1772,duk da cewa an san shi da farko ga masu binciken kasa na Girka.

 Duba kuma 

 Jerin sunayen kogunan Sudan ta Kudu

 Manazarta 

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 


 Bahr-el-Ghazal, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
 Baḩr al Ghazāl Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, GEOnet Names Server