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Jubba River Back to home page The Jubba river (also spelled Juba river) is the only river in the entire world that is dependable on flowing all year round. It starts at the border of Ethiopia and empties out into the Goobweyn juncture. It is 624 miles long! It is richest in the country because of the fertile farm land. It has very fertile farm land because of all of the silt and the big supply of water. There is lots of wild life around there because of the water some of them are giraffes, cheetahs, lions, leopards, hyenas, buffalos, hippos, oryx, crocodiles, gazelles, ostriches, jackals, and wild donkeys. Food  Somali food incorporates food styes of East Africa, India, Arabia, and a little bit of Italian. The staple of a normal Somalian is milk and meat. Children and Adults drink milk. They will drink cow or goat milk but they prefer it from camels. They also love to drink tea. They put stuff in their tea such as honey to make it sweeter. Woman cook the meat by grilling, broiling, or frying it in a ghee (a type of liquid butter). Other very common food is rice, sorghum,dates and fruits like bananas, grapefruit, papayas, and mangoes. Camel meat is not very popular there but they will eat it if they have to. Because of religion they will not drink alcohol and they will not eat pork. media type="custom" key="25151258"