SABAKI  , a

river of British East Africa which enters the Indian Ocean in 30 12' S., just 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 south-south-east under the wooded slopes of the Yatta ridge, which shuts in its basin on the east . In 3°S. it turns east, and in its lower course (known as the Sabaki) traverses the sterile quartz-land of the outer plateau . The valley is in parts low and flat, covered with forest and scrub, and containing small lakes and backwaters connected with the river in the rains . At this season the stream—which rises as much as 30 ft. in places—is deep and strong and of a turbid yellow colour; but navigation is interrupted by the Lugard falls, about too m. from its mouth . Its 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 side of Kilimanjaro, which enters in about 3° S .