Jubba River

Jubba River
The Jubba river near Jamaame
Map of the Jubba/Shebelle drainage basin
Native name	نهر جوبا (Arabic)
Location
Countries	Somalia Ethiopia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Ganale Dorya River
• coordinates	6°48′45″N 39°07′14″E / 6.812476°N 39.120654°E / 6.812476; 39.120654
• length	1,634 km (1,015 mi)
• elevation	3,588 m (11,772 ft)
2nd source
• location	Dawa River
• coordinates	6°13′35″N 38°24′30″E / 6.226442°N 38.408440°E / 6.226442; 38.408440
• length	1,614 km (1,003 mi)
• elevation	3,023 m (9,918 ft)
3rd source
• location	Shebelle River
• coordinates	6°51′14″N 38°41′14″E / 6.853955°N 38.687357°E / 6.853955; 38.687357
• length	2,064 km (1,283 mi)
• elevation	2,711 m (8,894 ft)
Source confluence
• location	Confluence of Dawa River and Ganale Dorya River
• coordinates	4°10′38″N 42°04′51″E / 4.1771°N 42.0809°E / 4.1771; 42.0809
• elevation	174 m (571 ft)
Mouth	Somali Sea
• location	Goobweyn
• coordinates	0°14′58″S 42°37′51″E / 0.2495°S 42.6307°E / -0.2495; 42.6307
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	2,064 km (1,283 mi)[1]
Basin size	745,374 km2 (287,791 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Mouth
• average	536.7 m3/s (18,950 cu ft/s)
• minimum	179.2 m3/s (6,330 cu ft/s)
• maximum	1,055.7 m3/s (37,280 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Population	27,100,000[2]
Tributaries
• left	Ganale Dorya, Shebelle
• right	Dawa, Ewaso Ng'iro

The Jubba River or Juba River (Somali: Webiga Jubba, Italian: fiume Giuba) is a river in southern Somalia which flows through the region of Jubaland. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Somali Sea, where it empties at the Goobweyn juncture. The Jubba basin covers an area of 749,000 km² (289,000 sq mi).^[3] The Somali regional state of Jubaland, formerly called Trans-Juba, is named after the river.