Akobo River
The fifth one in Top 8 Longest Rivers in South Sudan that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Akobo River. The Akobo River is a river that runs through South Sudan and Ethiopia. It flows west for 434 kilometers (270 miles) from its source in the Ethiopian Highlands near Mizan Teferi to join the Pibor River. The Pibor River empties into the Sobat River, which empties into the White Nile.
The Akobo river's tributaries include the Cechi, Chiarini, and Owag on the Ethiopian side, and the Neubari, Ajuba, and Kaia on the South Sudanese side.
Major H.H. Austin and Major Charles W. Gwynn of the British Royal Engineers defined the border between Sudan and Ethiopia near the Akobo River in 1899. They knew nothing about the land, its inhabitants, or their languages, and they were running low on supplies. Rather than defining a line based on ethnic groups and traditional territories, essentially along the escarpment that separates the highlands and plains, Majors Austin and Gwynn proposed simply drawing the line down the middle of the Akobo River and parts of the Pibor and Baro rivers. This boundary was finalized in the Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1902, resulting in the Baro Salient in the Ethiopian Gambela Region.
In terms of natural features and people, the Baro Salient is more closely linked to South Sudan than Ethiopia. During Sudan's long civil wars, insurgents used the Baro Salient as a safe haven. Sudan found it difficult to assert authority over a region that is part of Ethiopia, and Ethiopia was hesitant to police this remote region and become involved in Sudan's internal conflicts.
Several mining surveys have been conducted on the Akobo. Engineers from COMINA explored the Akobo and its tributaries in 1939. North-flowing tributaries seemed to be more promising than south-flowing tributaries. Gold values of up to 10 grams per cubic meter have been discovered in Chama Creek, with an average value of 0.7 g per cubic meter possible. Between 1952 and 1954, the Ministry of Mines employed up to 120 miners at a time. They produced 1.66 grams of gold per day on average.
Length: 434 km (270 mi) - shared with Ethiopia)
