[71]The following table of discharges (Sir W. Garstin’s) shows to a certain degree the relative importance of other rivers in the Sudan:—

Discharge per second.
Maximum.Minimum.
Bahr El Jebel (Mouth)300m.c.300m.c.
Bahr El Zeraf (Mouth)140m.c.50m.c.
Bahr El Ghazal (Mouth)30m.c.15m.c.
Sobat (Mouth)900m.c.50m.c.
White Nile (Khartoum)1,600m.c.300m.c.
Atbara (Mouth)3,000m.c.nil.
Gash (Kassala)100m.c. (?)nil.
Nile (Berber)14,000m.c.(?)

[72]Total rainfall at Roseires, April to October, 1904, 27·8 inches.

[73]1 Kantar = 100 lbs.


VILLAGE IN THE SOUTHERN GEZIRA.

LANDSCAPE, SOUTHERN GEZIRA.

CHAPTER V.