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Barka River
River in Eritrea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Barka River (Arabic: nahr Baraka; Italian: fiume Barca) is a tributary river that flows from the Eritrean Highlands to the plains of Sudan. With a length of over 640 km, it rises just outside Asmara and flows in a northwestern direction through Agordat. The river merges with the Anseba River near the border with Sudan.[2]
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Barka River | |
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![]() The Tokar delta with the Barka (bottom) | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Eritrean Highlands |
Mouth | |
• location | Red Sea at the Tokar Delta |
Length | 640 km (400 mi) |
Basin size | 66,200 km2 (25,600 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 0.8 km3/a (0.19 cu mi/a) (at mouth)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Anseba Shet' |
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In Sudan, the Barka flows seasonally to a delta on the Red Sea, near the town of Tokar.