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 White Nile in the Sudd region of South Sudan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Anabranch
- Description: river in South Sudan
- Also known as: “Bahr el Zeraf”, “Bahr El Zeraf”, “Phou”, and “Zeraf River”
Bahr ez Zeraf
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Upper Nile State, South Sudan, Central Africa, Africa
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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”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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