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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SABAKI , a See also:

RIVER

river of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

East See also:

Africa which enters the See also:

INDIAN

Indian Ocean in 30 12' S., just See also:

north of Malinda. The Sabaki rises (as the Athi) in 1° 42' S., and after flowing north-east 70 in. across the Kapote and Athi plains, turns See also:

south-south-east under the wooded slopes of the Yatta See also:

ridge, which shuts in its See also:

basin on the east. In 3°S. it turns east, and in its See also:

LOWER

lower course (known as the Sabaki) traverses the sterile See also:

QUARTZ

quartz-See also:

LAND

land of the See also:

OUTER

outer See also:

plateau. The valley is in parts See also:

low and See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, covered with See also:

FOREST

forest and scrub, and containing small lakes and backwaters connected with the river in the rains. At this See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season the stream—which rises as much as 30 ft. in places—is deep and strong and of a turbid yellow See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour; but See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation is interrupted by the See also:

LUGARD, SIR FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY (1858- )

Lugard falls, about too m. from its mouth. Its See also:

TOTAL

total length is about 400 M. Apart from the numerous small feeders of the upper river, almost the only tributary is the Tsavo, from the east See also:

side of See also:

KILIMANJARO

Kilimanjaro, which enters in about 3° S.

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