Sobat

The Sobat River flows westward to the White Nile across the floodplains of the upper Nile basin. It begins where the Baro, descending from the Ethiopian highlands, meets the Pibor from the south. In flood the river carries sediment and spreads water across low ground. Nuer communities live along its banks, with the Lou associated with the south bank and the eastern Jikany with the north.