Jubba River
| Jubba River | |
|---|---|
Ganale Dorya River | |
| • coordinates | 4°10′38″N 42°04′51″E / 4.1771°N 42.0809°E |
| Mouth | |
• location | Somali Sea |
• coordinates | 0°14′58″S 42°37′51″E / 0.2495°S 42.6307°E |
| Basin size | 749,000 km2 (289,000 sq mi) |
The Jubba River or Juba River (
History
Ajuran Empire
The Jubba River has a rich history of a once-booming sophisticated civilization and trade network conducted by the powerful
During the Middle Ages Jubba River was under the
Through their control of the region's wells, the Garen rulers effectively held a monopoly over their
With the centralized supervision of the Ajuran, farms in Afgooye, Bardhere and other areas in the Jubba and Shebelle valleys increased their productivity. A system of irrigation ditches known locally as Kelliyo fed directly from the Shebelle River and Jubba River into the plantations where sorghum, maize, beans, grain and cotton were grown during the gu (Spring in Somali) and xagaa (Summer in Somali) seasons of the Somali calendar. This irrigation system was supported by numerous dikes and dams. To determine the average size of a farm, a land measurement system was also invented with moos, taraab and guldeed being the terms used.
The urban centers of
Modern Period
Over two centuries passed until German explorer Baron Karl Klaus von der Decken ascended on the lower reaches of the river on the small steamship Welf in 1863. He wrecked the steamship in the rapids above Bardhere, where the party was attacked by local Somalis, ending in the deaths of the Baron and three others in his party. The first European to explore widely and complete the course of the river was the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego attended by Commander F. G. Dundas British Navy. Bottego and his expedition sailed 640 km (400 miles) of the river in 1891. During his exploration Bottego changed the name of the main affluent of Jubba—the Ganale river—in Ganale Doria after the famous Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.[5][6]
Overview
The Jubba basin region is primarily
The Jubba River gives its name to the Somali administrative regions of Upper Juba (
See also
References
- ^ Managing Shared Basins in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopian Projects on the Juba and Shabelle Rivers and Downstream Effects in Somalia.
- ISBN 9780313378577. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ Cassanelli (1982), p. 149.
- ^ Journal of African History pg. 50 by John Donnelly Fage and Roland Anthony Oliver.
- ^ 1892; Il Giuba esplorato, 1895.
- ^ F. G. Dundas, "Expedition up the Jub River through Somali-Land, East Africa", Geographical Journal, 1 (March 1893), pp. 209-222.
Works cited
- Cassanelli, Lee V. (1982). The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600–1900. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-7832-3.