Jubba River
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The Juba or Jubba River (Somali: Jubba; Italian: Giuba) is a river in southern Somalia. It begins at the border with Ethiopia where the Dawa and Gebele rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian Ocean.
The Juba basin region is primarily savanna, and is the richest part of the country due to its fertility. The area receives the most rain in Somalia, and years in which this river has flooded include 1960 (causing a great loss of life), 1997, and May 2005. Native wild life includes giraffes, cheetahs, lions, leopards, hyenas, buffalos, hippos, crocodiles, snakes, elephants, oryx, gazelles and wild asses.
The river gives its name to the Somali administrative regions of Middle Juba and Lower Juba as well as to the larger historical region of Jubaland.
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