Mongalla, South Sudan

5°10′57″N 31°46′05″E / 5.1825°N 31.76806°E / 5.1825; 31.76806 Mongalla is a community in Central Equatoria state in South Sudan, on east side of the Bahr al Jebel or White Nile river.

The Sudd, a vast area of swampland, stretches downriver from Mongalla to near the point where the Sobat River joins the White Nile just upstream from Malakal. The inhabited belt about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) wide and 146 kilometres (91 mi) long from Mongalla to Bor is inhabited by the Mundari and Dinka peoples. Due to evaporation, only half the water that enters the Sudd at Mongalla emerges from the northern end of the swamps.^[1] The much smaller Badigeru Swamp lies about 20 miles (32 km) to the east, separated from Mongalla by a region of open grassland.^[2]

References

^ Mohamed El Shamy; et al. (2010). "GIS Based Decision Support Tool for Sustainalbe Development of SUDD Marches Region (Sudan)" (PDF). Nile Basin Capacity Building Network. Retrieved 2011-07-28. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
^ Molloy, Lt. Colonel P. (February 1950). "The Bedigeru or Badingilu Swamp". {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[1] Mohamed El Shamy; et al. (2010). "GIS Based Decision Support Tool for Sustainalbe Development of SUDD Marches Region (Sudan)" (PDF). Nile Basin Capacity Building Network. Retrieved 2011-07-28. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

[Molloy1950-2] Molloy, Lt. Colonel P. (February 1950). "The Bedigeru or Badingilu Swamp". {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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