Bahr ez Zeraf

The Bahr el Zeraf (Arabic: بَـحْـر الـزّرَاف, romanized: Baḥr ez-Zerāf, also known as the Giraffe or Phow River in the English language, is an arm of the in the Sudd region of .
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  • Type: Anabranch
  • Description: river in South Sudan
  • Also known as: Bahr el Zeraf”, “Bahr El Zeraf”, “Phou”, and “Zeraf River

Bahr ez Zeraf

Latitude
9.41382° or 9° 24′ 50″ north
Longitude
31.16346° or 31° 9′ 49″ east
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open location code
6GXHC577+G9
Geo­Names ID
363517
Wiki­data ID
Q1112393
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Bahr ez Zeraf” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحر الزراف
  • Asturian: Ríu Bahr el Zeraf
  • Chinese: 宰拉夫河
  • French: Bahr el-Zeraf
  • French: Phou
  • German: Baḩr az Zarāf
  • German: Bahr az-Zaraf
  • German: Bahr el-Zeraf
  • German: Baḥr ez-Zerāf
  • German: Phou
  • German: Zeraf River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bahr el Zeraf
  • Polish: Bahr el Zeraf
  • Serbian: Bahr el Zeraf
  • Serbian: Бахр ел Зераф
  • Swahili: Mto Bahr el Zeraf
  • Turkish: Zürafa Nehri

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