Beles River
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Beles River is a river of western Ethiopia
. A tributary of the Abay river (better known as the Blue Nile
), the Beles rises in Dangur
woreda
to flow in a south-west direction to its confluence. Its catchment area amounts to about 14,200 square kilometers.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. A tributary of the Abay river (better known as the Blue Nile
Blue Nile
The Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. With the White Nile, the river is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile...
), the Beles rises in Dangur
Dangur
Dangur is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Dangur range of mountains, which extend southwest from the mountains along the west side of Lake Tana...
woreda
Woreda
Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...
to flow in a south-west direction to its confluence. Its catchment area amounts to about 14,200 square kilometers.