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.
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)
