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Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

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River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

s in Ethiopia
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...

, arranged geographically by drainage basin. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article.

Flowing into the Mediterranean

Nile (Egypt, Sudan)
- Atbarah River
  Atbarah River
  The Atbarah River in northeast Africa rises in northwest Ethiopia, approximately 50 km north of Lake Tana and 30 km west of Gondar. It flows about 805 km to the Nile in north-central Sudan, joining it at the city of Atbarah...
  - Mareb River
    Mareb River
    The Mareb River , is a river flowing out of central Eritrea. Its chief importance is defining part of the boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia between the point where the Mai Ambassa enters the river at to the confluence of the Balasa with the Mareb at .According to the Statistical Abstract of...
    
    (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood)
    - Obel River
      Obel River
      The Obel River is a small tributary to the Mareb River whose headwaters are in the Eritrean Highlands and forms part of the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.- See also :* List of rivers of Eritrea...
  - Tekezé River
    Tekezé River
    The Tekezé River, also known as the Takkaze River, is a major river of Ethiopia, and forms a section the westernmost border of Ethiopia and Eritrea for part of its course. The river is also known as the Setit in Eritrea, western Ethiopia, and eastern Sudan. According to materials published by the...
    
    (or Takkaze or Setit)
    - Zarima River
      Zarima River
      Zarima River is a tributary of the Tekezé River. The Wolkayite Irrigation Project is based on a tributary of the Zarima River known as Dukoko River. http://www.ictonline.com/water-ethiopia5.html...
    - Ataba River
      Ataba River
      Ataba River is a river of northern Ethiopia and a tributary of the Tekezé River....
    - Wari River
      Wari River
      Wari River is a river of northern Ethiopia and a tributary of the Tekezé River. It rises in the Gar'alta and flows to the southwest into the Tekezé at . Tributaries of the Wari include the Assam, Chemit, Meseuma, and Tsedia rivers...
    - Balagas River
      Balagas River
      Balagas River is a river of northern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Tekezé, its own tributaries include the Balessa and Dorana rivers....
  - Angereb River
    Angereb River
    The Angereb also known as the Bahr as-Salam is a river of Ethiopia and eastern Sudan, and one of the sources of the Nile. It rises near Daqwa, north of Gondar in the Amhara Region, flowing west to join the Atbarah River. The historic district of Armachiho is located along part of its flow.The...
    
    (or Greater Angereb River)
  - Shinfa River
    Shinfa River
    The Shinfa is a river of northwestern Ethiopia. It is an important tributary of the Atbarah River....
- 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...
  
  (or Abay River)
  - Rahad River
    Rahad River
    The Rahad is a river of western Ethiopia, and a tributary of the Abay on the right side....
  - Dinder River
    Dinder River
    The Dinder River is a tributary of the Blue Nile. It flows through Ethiopia and Sudan for .-Course:The Dinder River rises in the Ethiopian Highlands, west of Lake Tana in the Ethiopian woreda of Alefa. It flows northwest out of the highlands and into the plains of the Sudanese state of Sennar...
  - Beles River
    Beles River
    Beles River is a river of western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Abay river , 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....
  - Dabus River
    Dabus River
    The Dabus River is a north-flowing tributary of the Abay River in southwestern Ethiopia; it joins its parent stream at . The Dabus has a drainage area of about 21,032 square kilometers....
  - Didessa River
    Didessa River
    The Didessa River is a river in western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Abay River, it rises in the mountains of Gomma, flowing in a northwestern direction to its confluence where the course of the Abay has curved to its southernmost point before turning northwards at about...
    - Hanger River
      Hanger River
      Hanger River is a river in west central Ethiopia. It is a west-flowing tributary of the Didessa River, itself a tributary of the Blue Nile...
      
      (or Angar River)
      - Wajja River
        Wajja River
        Wajja River is a river of western Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Hanger River, and part of the watershed of the Blue Nile....
  - Gulla River
  - Guder River
    Guder River
    The Guder is a river of central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Abay or Blue Nile on the left side; tributaries of the Guder include the Dabissa and the Taranta. The Guder has a drainage area is about 7,011 square kilometers in size....
  - Muger River
    Muger River
    The Muger River is a north-flowing tributary of the Abay River in central Ethiopia, which is notable for its deep gorge. Its confluence with the Abay is at . Tributaries of the Muger include the Labbu...
  - Jamma River
    Jamma River
    The Jamma River is a river in central Ethiopia and a tributary of the Abay on its right side. It drains parts of the Semien Shewa Zones of the Amhara and Oromia Regions. The Upper Jamma flows through steep, deep canyons cut first through volcanic rock and then through the Cretaceous sandstone and...
    - Wanchet River
      Wanchet River
      Wanchet River is a river of central Ethiopia, and a tributary of the Jamma River. Along with the Adabay River, it defined the border of the former district of Marra Biete. Its crossing "Aqui afagi" is mentioned in the account of Francisco Álvares, who crossed it several times in the first quarter...
      - Qechene River
        Qechene River
        Qechene River is a river of central Ethiopia. This river rises near Aiamsa in the Annas Mountains, and flows to the west to join the Wanchet; its tributaries include the Ketama and Woia. According to Johann Ludwig Krapf , this river defines the boundary between the Shewan districts of Gishe and Menz....
    - Robe River
      - Dembi River
  - Walaqa River
    Walaqa River
    Walaqa River, a tributary of the Blue Nile, is an Ethiopian river in the Amhara Region. Wegde is located to its north. Mida Woremo and Dera are to the south, while Kelala is to the northeast. The Walaqa River may have been the northern boundary of the historical province of Walaqa.-External links:* *...
  - Bashilo River
    Bashilo River
    The Bashilo River is located in Ethiopia. Known for its canyon, which one source describes as almost as extensive as the canyon of its parent the Abay, also known as the Blue Nile, the river originates just west of Kutaber in the Amhara Region, flowing first to the northwest to where the Tergiya...
    - Checheho River
      Checheho River
      The Checheho River is a small river located in north-central Ethiopia. Part of the watershed of the Abay River, it rises to the east of Debre Zebit to flow south to join the Bashilo River. Its major tributary is the Zhit'a, which enters the Checheho on the left side....
  - Lake Tana
    Lake Tana
    Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia...
    
    , into which flow
    - Lesser Abay
      Lesser Abay
      Lesser Abay is a river of central Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains of Gojjam, it flows northward to empty into Lake Tana at . Tributaries of the Lesser Abay include the Ashar, Jamma, Kelti and the Koger....
    - Magech River
      - Lesser Angereb River
    - Reb River
      Reb River
      Reb River is a river of north-central Ethiopia which empties into Lake Tana at . The river originates on the slopes of Mount Guna, and flows west through Kemekem woreda. It has no significant tributaries.R.E...
    - Gumara River
      Gumara River
      Gumara River is a river of northern-western Ethiopia and empties into Lake Tana at from the east. Hot springs on its banks at Wanzagay, which were popular in medicinal hot baths in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, are mentioned by the missionary Henry Stern.The river is an important...
- Adar River (South Sudan)
  - Yabus River
    Yabus River
    The Yabus River rises in the far west of Ethiopia, in Asosa Zone, flows west into Sudan past the town of Yabus, then enters South Sudan. At the town of Boing it turns south west and enters the Machar Marshes, where it loses its identity....
  - Daga River
    Daga River (South Sudan)
    The Daga River is a river in South Sudan. It rises in the mountains of the Mirab Welega Zone in Ethiopia, just east of the South Sudan - Ethiopia border, where it is known as the Deqe Sonka Shet. It flows west past the town of Daga Post and enters the Machar Marshes, where it loses its identity....
    
    (Deqe Sonka Shet)
- Sobat River (South Sudan)
  - Baro River
    Baro River
    The Baro River is a river in southwestern Ethiopia, which defines part of Ethiopia's border with South Sudan. From its source in the Ethiopian Highlands it flows west for to join the Pibor River...
    - Jikawo River
      Jikawo River
      Jikawo River is a river of southwestern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Baro River, which it joins at latitude and longitude .The river rises in Ethiopia, but in its lower course forms the border with South Sudan.- References :...
    - Alero River
      Alero River
      Alero River is a river in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. It flows through the Gambela National Park and through wetlands into the Baro River.- See also :* List of rivers of Ethiopia...
      
      (or Alwero River)
    - Birbir River
      Birbir River
      The Birbir River of southwestern Ethiopia is a tributary of the Baro River, which it creates when it joins the Gebba at latitude and longitude . It is politically important because its course defines part of the boundary between the Mirab Welega and Illubabor Zones of the Oromia Region.Richard...
      - Dipa River
        
        Gebora River (Kabora River)
        
        Karsa River
        Karsa River
        Karsa River is a river within western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Kobara, the river has been panned for gold in the past by the local inhabitants.- References :...
    - Gebba River
      Gebba River
      The Gebba is a river of southwestern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Baro River, which is created when the Gebba joins the Birbir at latitude and longitude ....
      - Sor River
        Sor River
        The Sor is a river of southwestern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Gebba River on its left side, the Sor rises in Sayo....
  - Pibor River
    Pibor River
    The Pibor River is a river in eastern South Sudan, which defines part of South Sudan's border with Ethiopia. From its source near Pibor Post it flows north for about , joining the Baro River to form the Sobat River, which is a tributary of the White Nile.The Pibor and its tributaries drain a...
    - Gilo River
      Gilo River
      The Gilo River is a river in the Gambela Region of southwestern Ethiopia. It is also known by a variety of names: the Gimira of Dizu call it the "Mene", while the Gemira of Chako call it "Owis", and Amhara and Oromo settlers in the early 20th century knew it by a third name, "Bako"...
    - Akobo River
      Akobo River
      The Akobo River is a river on the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. From its source in the Ethiopian Highlands near Mizan Teferi is flows west for to join the Pibor River...

Flowing into the Indian Ocean

Jubba River
Jubba River
The Jubba River is a river in southern Somalia. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian Ocean, where it empties at the Goobweyn juncture.-History:...
- Shebelle River
  Shebelle River
  The Shebelle River begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where it follows the coast. Below Mogadishu, the river becomes seasonal...
  - Fafen River
    Fafen River
    Fafen River is a river of eastern Ethiopia. Rising to the east of Harar, this river cuts through a series of wide, flat shelves of sedimentary rocks made of sandstone, limestone, and gypsum as it descends in a south-eastern direction towards the Shebelle River. The Fafen only joins the Shebelle...
    
    (only reaches the Shebelle in times of flood)
    - Jerer River
      Jerer River
      The Jerer is an intermittent river of eastern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Fafen River, it rises near Jijiga to flow in a south-easternly direction....
  - Erer River
    Erer River
    The Erer is a perennial river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises near the city of Harar, and flows in a primarily southern direction to its confluence with the Shabelle at .- See also :* Rivers of Ethiopia...
  - Ramis River
    - Galetti River
      Galetti River
      Galetti River is a river in eastern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Shebelle River, it rises in the Chercher mountains....
  - Dungeta River
    - Gololcha River
      Gololcha River
      Gololcha River is a river of eastern Ethiopia....
- Ganale Dorya River
  Ganale Dorya River
  The Ganale Dorya River is a perennial river in southeastern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains east of Aleta Wendo, the Dawa flows south and east to join with the Dawa at the border with Somalia to become the Jubba. Tributaries include the Welmel, Weyib , Dumale, Doya, Hawas and the Hambala...
  - Mena River
    Mena River
    The Mena is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Ganale Dorya....
  - Weyib River
    Weyib River
    Weyib River is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises in the Bale Mountains east of Goba in the Oromia Region, flowing east to pass through the Sof Omar Caves, then to the southeast until it joins the Ganale Dorya River in the Somali Region....
    
    or Gestro River
  - Welmel River
    Welmel River
    The Welmel is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Ganale Dorya River.- See also :* List of Ethiopian rivers...
- Dawa River
  Dawa River
  The Dawa River is a perennial river in southeastern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains east of Aleta Wendo, the Dawa flows south and east to join with the Ganale Dorya at the border with Somalia to become the Jubba. The river forms part of the Ethiopia–Kenya border and part of the Ethiopia–Somalia...

Afar Depression
Afar Depression
The Afar Triangle is a geological depression that is caused by the Afar Triple Junction which is part of the Great Rift Valley. It overlaps Eritrea, Djibouti and the entire Afar Region of Ethiopia. The Afar Triangle includes the Danakil Depression and the lowest point in Africa, Lake Asal...

Awash River
Awash River
The Awash is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begin with Lake Gargori and end with Lake Abbe on the border with Djibouti, some 100 kilometers from the head of the Gulf of Tadjoura...
- Logiya River
  Logiya River
  The Logiya is a river of east-central Ethiopia. Having its source in the Ethiopian highlands, this stream flows eastwards to become a tributary of the Awash River near ....
- Mille River
  Mille River
  The Mille River is a river of Ethiopia and a tributary of the Awash. It drains parts of the Semien Wollo and Debub Wollo Zones of the Amhara Region, as well as Administrative Zone 4 of the Afar Region.The explorer L.M...
- Borkana River
  Borkana River
  Borkana River is a river of central Ethiopia. A tributary of the Awash on the left side, the Borkana joins its parent stream at . Johann Ludwig Krapf records that it was called "Tshaffa" by the local Oromo people....
- Ataye River
  Ataye River
  The Ataye is a river in central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River....
- Hawadi River
  Hawadi River
  Hawadi River is a river of Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River, which it joins at ....
- Kabenna River
  Kabenna River
  The Kabenna is a river of central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River on the left side, having its source to the southwest of Ankobar. G.W.B. Huntingford speculates it may be the same river as the Kuba, which is mentioned in the Futuh al-habaša , the narrative of Imam Ahmad Gragn's...
- Germama River
  Germama River
  The Germama River is a tributary of the Awash River in Ethiopia. The name Germama comes from the Amharic word which means "frolicking", "boisterous", or "frisky"....
  
  (or Kasam River)
- Durkham River
  Durkham River
  Durkham River is a river of Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River....
- Keleta River
- Mojo River
- Akaki River
  Akaki River
  The Akaki is a river of central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River on the right side....
Dechatu River
Dechatu River
The Dechatu River is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises in the Ahmar Mountains to flow north through the second largest city in the country, Dire Dawa towards the Awash River, entering the city at . It is unclear if either its flow or river bed eventually reach the Awash...

Lake Turkana
Lake Turkana
Lake Turkana , formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake...

Kibish River
Kibish River
Kibish River is a river of southern Ethiopia, which defines part of that country's border with South Sudan. It flows towards Lake Turkana, although some years it does not have enough volume to reach it, as C.W. Gwynn discovered in 1908....
Omo River
Omo River
The Omo River is an important river of southern Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into Lake Turkana on the border with Kenya...
- Usno River
  Usno River
  The Usno River is a tributary of the Omo in Ethiopia. Formed by the confluence of the Magi and the Neri, it flows south past the Nyalibong Hills before it enters the Omo at . Almost all of its course is inside the boundaries of the Mago National Park....
  - Mago River
    Mago River
    Mago River is a river of southern Ethiopia, entirely located in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. It joins the Neri River to form the Usno River, a tributary of the Omo River....
  - Neri River
    Neri River
    Neri River is a river in southern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Mago River, which itself is a tributary of the Omo River....
- Mui River
  Mui River
  The Mui is a river of southern Ethiopia. Located inside Omo National Park, it is a tributary of the Omo River on the right side, merging with the larger stream at ....
- Denchya River
  Denchya River
  The Denchya River is a river of southern Ethiopia. It is a south-flowing tributary of the Omo River, entering it on the right bank at ....
- Gojeb River
  Gojeb River
  The Gojeb River is eastward-flowing tributary of the Omo River in Ethiopia. It rises in the mountains of Guma, flowing in almost a direct line its confluence with the Omo at....
- Gibe River
  Gibe River
  The Gibe River is a tributary of the Omo River. Located in southwest Ethiopia, it is not navigable, like almost all rivers in the country.-Overview:...
  - Gilgel Gibe River
    Gilgel Gibe River
    Gilgel Gibe River is a tributary of the Gibe River in southwest Ethiopia. It flows in an arc through the south of the Jimma Zone, defining part of the Zone's boundary with that of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region west of the Omo River as it turns north...

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Abay River - Adabay River

Adabay River

Adabay River is a river of central Ethiopia which, along with the Wanchet River, defined the former district of Marra Biete. Its tributaries include the Chacha, the Beresa, and three otherstreams which join together at the top of a deep canyon....

- Akaki River

Akaki River

The Akaki is a river of central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River on the right side....

- Akobo River

Akobo River

The Akobo River is a river on the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. From its source in the Ethiopian Highlands near Mizan Teferi is flows west for to join the Pibor River...

- Alero River

Alero River

Alero River is a river in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. It flows through the Gambela National Park and through wetlands into the Baro River.- See also :* List of rivers of Ethiopia...

- Angereb River

Angereb River

The Angereb also known as the Bahr as-Salam is a river of Ethiopia and eastern Sudan, and one of the sources of the Nile. It rises near Daqwa, north of Gondar in the Amhara Region, flowing west to join the Atbarah River. The historic district of Armachiho is located along part of its flow.The...

- Ataba River

Ataba River

Ataba River is a river of northern Ethiopia and a tributary of the Tekezé River....

- Ataye River

Ataye River

The Ataye is a river in central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River....

- Atbarah River

Atbarah River

The Atbarah River in northeast Africa rises in northwest Ethiopia, approximately 50 km north of Lake Tana and 30 km west of Gondar. It flows about 805 km to the Nile in north-central Sudan, joining it at the city of Atbarah...

- Awash River

Awash River

The Awash is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begin with Lake Gargori and end with Lake Abbe on the border with Djibouti, some 100 kilometers from the head of the Gulf of Tadjoura...

- Awetu River

Awetu River

The Awetu is a river of southwestern Ethiopia,it is particularly found near jimma town at 7 degree north and 37 degree east with some approximaton.the river touchs the center of the town to make it's outlet southward,by Sewale Lewoyehu from Jimma university,Department of Geography and Environmental...

- Ayesha River

Ayesha River

Ayesha River is an intermittent river in eastern Ethiopia. Its drainage area is part of the Great Rift Valley.-Overview:The Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources lists the drainage area of the Ayesha amongst the twelve major basins in that country, with an area of 2223 square kilometers, although...

Balagas River

Balagas River is a river of northern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Tekezé, its own tributaries include the Balessa and Dorana rivers....

- Baro River

Baro River

The Baro River is a river in southwestern Ethiopia, which defines part of Ethiopia's border with South Sudan. From its source in the Ethiopian Highlands it flows west for to join the Pibor River...

- Bashilo River

Bashilo River

The Bashilo River is located in Ethiopia. Known for its canyon, which one source describes as almost as extensive as the canyon of its parent the Abay, also known as the Blue Nile, the river originates just west of Kutaber in the Amhara Region, flowing first to the northwest to where the Tergiya...

- Beles River

Beles River

Beles River is a river of western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Abay river , 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....

- Bilate River

Bilate River

The Bilate is a river of south-central Ethiopia. It rises on the southwestern slopes of Mount Gurage near , flowing south along the western side of the Great Rift Valley, to empty into Lake Abaya at...

- Birbir River

Birbir River

The Birbir River of southwestern Ethiopia is a tributary of the Baro River, which it creates when it joins the Gebba at latitude and longitude . It is politically important because its course defines part of the boundary between the Mirab Welega and Illubabor Zones of the Oromia Region.Richard...

- 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...

- Borkana River

Borkana River

Borkana River is a river of central Ethiopia. A tributary of the Awash on the left side, the Borkana joins its parent stream at . Johann Ludwig Krapf records that it was called "Tshaffa" by the local Oromo people....

Cheleleka River

Dabus River

Dabus River

The Dabus River is a north-flowing tributary of the Abay River in southwestern Ethiopia; it joins its parent stream at . The Dabus has a drainage area of about 21,032 square kilometers....

- Dawa River

Dawa River

The Dawa River is a perennial river in southeastern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains east of Aleta Wendo, the Dawa flows south and east to join with the Ganale Dorya at the border with Somalia to become the Jubba. The river forms part of the Ethiopia–Kenya border and part of the Ethiopia–Somalia...

- Dechatu River

Dechatu River

The Dechatu River is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises in the Ahmar Mountains to flow north through the second largest city in the country, Dire Dawa towards the Awash River, entering the city at . It is unclear if either its flow or river bed eventually reach the Awash...

- Dembi River - Denchya River

Denchya River

The Denchya River is a river of southern Ethiopia. It is a south-flowing tributary of the Omo River, entering it on the right bank at ....

- Didessa River

Didessa River

The Didessa River is a river in western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Abay River, it rises in the mountains of Gomma, flowing in a northwestern direction to its confluence where the course of the Abay has curved to its southernmost point before turning northwards at about...

- Dinder River

Dinder River

The Dinder River is a tributary of the Blue Nile. It flows through Ethiopia and Sudan for .-Course:The Dinder River rises in the Ethiopian Highlands, west of Lake Tana in the Ethiopian woreda of Alefa. It flows northwest out of the highlands and into the plains of the Sudanese state of Sennar...

- Doha River

Doha River

Doha River is a river in southwestern Ethiopia....

- Dukem River

Dukem River

Dukem River is a river of central Ethiopia....

- Durkham River

Durkham River

Durkham River is a river of Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River....

Erer River

The Erer is a perennial river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises near the city of Harar, and flows in a primarily southern direction to its confluence with the Shabelle at .- See also :* Rivers of Ethiopia...

Fafen River

Fafen River is a river of eastern Ethiopia. Rising to the east of Harar, this river cuts through a series of wide, flat shelves of sedimentary rocks made of sandstone, limestone, and gypsum as it descends in a south-eastern direction towards the Shebelle River. The Fafen only joins the Shebelle...

Galetti River

Galetti River is a river in eastern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Shebelle River, it rises in the Chercher mountains....

- Ganale Dorya River

Ganale Dorya River

The Ganale Dorya River is a perennial river in southeastern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains east of Aleta Wendo, the Dawa flows south and east to join with the Dawa at the border with Somalia to become the Jubba. Tributaries include the Welmel, Weyib , Dumale, Doya, Hawas and the Hambala...

- Gebba River

Gebba River

The Gebba is a river of southwestern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Baro River, which is created when the Gebba joins the Birbir at latitude and longitude ....

- Gebele River - Germama River

Germama River

The Germama River is a tributary of the Awash River in Ethiopia. The name Germama comes from the Amharic word which means "frolicking", "boisterous", or "frisky"....

- Gestro River

Weyib River

Weyib River is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises in the Bale Mountains east of Goba in the Oromia Region, flowing east to pass through the Sof Omar Caves, then to the southeast until it joins the Ganale Dorya River in the Somali Region....

- Gibe River

Gibe River

The Gibe River is a tributary of the Omo River. Located in southwest Ethiopia, it is not navigable, like almost all rivers in the country.-Overview:...

- Gilgel Gibe River

Gilgel Gibe River

Gilgel Gibe River is a tributary of the Gibe River in southwest Ethiopia. It flows in an arc through the south of the Jimma Zone, defining part of the Zone's boundary with that of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region west of the Omo River as it turns north...

- Gilo River

Gilo River

The Gilo River is a river in the Gambela Region of southwestern Ethiopia. It is also known by a variety of names: the Gimira of Dizu call it the "Mene", while the Gemira of Chako call it "Owis", and Amhara and Oromo settlers in the early 20th century knew it by a third name, "Bako"...

- Gojeb River

Gojeb River

The Gojeb River is eastward-flowing tributary of the Omo River in Ethiopia. It rises in the mountains of Guma, flowing in almost a direct line its confluence with the Omo at....

- Gololcha River

Gololcha River

Gololcha River is a river of eastern Ethiopia....

- Greater Angereb River - Guder River

Guder River

The Guder is a river of central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Abay or Blue Nile on the left side; tributaries of the Guder include the Dabissa and the Taranta. The Guder has a drainage area is about 7,011 square kilometers in size....

- Gumara River

Gumara River

Gumara River is a river of northern-western Ethiopia and empties into Lake Tana at from the east. Hot springs on its banks at Wanzagay, which were popular in medicinal hot baths in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, are mentioned by the missionary Henry Stern.The river is an important...

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Hanger River

Hanger River is a river in west central Ethiopia. It is a west-flowing tributary of the Didessa River, itself a tributary of the Blue Nile...

- Hawadi River

Hawadi River

Hawadi River is a river of Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River, which it joins at ....

Jamma River

The Jamma River is a river in central Ethiopia and a tributary of the Abay on its right side. It drains parts of the Semien Shewa Zones of the Amhara and Oromia Regions. The Upper Jamma flows through steep, deep canyons cut first through volcanic rock and then through the Cretaceous sandstone and...

- Jerer River

Jerer River

The Jerer is an intermittent river of eastern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Fafen River, it rises near Jijiga to flow in a south-easternly direction....

- Jikawo River

Jikawo River

Jikawo River is a river of southwestern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Baro River, which it joins at latitude and longitude .The river rises in Ethiopia, but in its lower course forms the border with South Sudan.- References :...

- Jubba River

Jubba River

The Jubba River is a river in southern Somalia. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian Ocean, where it empties at the Goobweyn juncture.-History:...

Kabenna River

The Kabenna is a river of central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Awash River on the left side, having its source to the southwest of Ankobar. G.W.B. Huntingford speculates it may be the same river as the Kuba, which is mentioned in the Futuh al-habaša , the narrative of Imam Ahmad Gragn's...

- Karsa River

Karsa River

Karsa River is a river within western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Kobara, the river has been panned for gold in the past by the local inhabitants.- References :...

- Katar River

Katar River

Katar River is a river of central Ethiopia. The river arises from the glaciated slopes of Mount Kaka and Mount Badda in the Arsi Zone; its tributaries include the Gonde. The gradient of the river is generally steep, and areas suitable for irrigation are few in number and very limited in extent....

- Keleta River - Kibish River

Kibish River

Kibish River is a river of southern Ethiopia, which defines part of that country's border with South Sudan. It flows towards Lake Turkana, although some years it does not have enough volume to reach it, as C.W. Gwynn discovered in 1908....

- Kulfo River

Kulfo River

The Kulfo River is a river in southern Ethiopia. It flows through the Nechisar National Park and drains into Lake Chamo. An important bridge over the river was restored in 2006...

Lagabora River - Lesser Abay

Lesser Abay

Lesser Abay is a river of central Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains of Gojjam, it flows northward to empty into Lake Tana at . Tributaries of the Lesser Abay include the Ashar, Jamma, Kelti and the Koger....

- Lesser Angereb

Lesser Angereb

The Lesser Angereb is a river of northern Ethiopia. According to G.W.B. Huntingford, it rises north of Gondar, and flows south east of that city to join the Magech River, which empties into Lake Tana...

- Logiya River

Logiya River

The Logiya is a river of east-central Ethiopia. Having its source in the Ethiopian highlands, this stream flows eastwards to become a tributary of the Awash River near ....

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Mago River

Mago River is a river of southern Ethiopia, entirely located in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. It joins the Neri River to form the Usno River, a tributary of the Omo River....

- Magech River - Mareb River

Mareb River

The Mareb River , is a river flowing out of central Eritrea. Its chief importance is defining part of the boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia between the point where the Mai Ambassa enters the river at to the confluence of the Balasa with the Mareb at .According to the Statistical Abstract of...

- Meki River

Meki River

The Meki is a river in central Ethiopia. It empties into Lake Zway at the latitude and longitude .O.G.S. Crawford identifies the Meki with a river on a map which was drawn in 1662 to illustrate Manuel de Almeida's history of Ethiopia...

- Mena River

Mena River

The Mena is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Ganale Dorya....

- Mille River

Mille River

The Mille River is a river of Ethiopia and a tributary of the Awash. It drains parts of the Semien Wollo and Debub Wollo Zones of the Amhara Region, as well as Administrative Zone 4 of the Afar Region.The explorer L.M...

- Modjo River

Modjo River

The Modjo is a river of central Ethiopia. A tributary of the Awash River, its own tributaries include the Wedecha and Belbela.A report by Action Professionals Association for the People, a non-governmental organization, claimed that laboratory analyses of toxic industrial chemicals in the river...

- Mofar River

Mofar River

Mofar River is a west-flowing river of central Ethiopia, and part of the watershed of the Abay. Part of its course is in a deep canyon.- References :...

- Muger River

Muger River

The Muger River is a north-flowing tributary of the Abay River in central Ethiopia, which is notable for its deep gorge. Its confluence with the Abay is at . Tributaries of the Muger include the Labbu...

- Mui River

Mui River

The Mui is a river of southern Ethiopia. Located inside Omo National Park, it is a tributary of the Omo River on the right side, merging with the larger stream at ....

Neri River

Neri River is a river in southern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Mago River, which itself is a tributary of the Omo River....

Omo River

The Omo River is an important river of southern Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into Lake Turkana on the border with Kenya...

Pibor River

The Pibor River is a river in eastern South Sudan, which defines part of South Sudan's border with Ethiopia. From its source near Pibor Post it flows north for about , joining the Baro River to form the Sobat River, which is a tributary of the White Nile.The Pibor and its tributaries drain a...

Qechene River

Qechene River is a river of central Ethiopia. This river rises near Aiamsa in the Annas Mountains, and flows to the west to join the Wanchet; its tributaries include the Ketama and Woia. According to Johann Ludwig Krapf , this river defines the boundary between the Shewan districts of Gishe and Menz....

Rahad River

The Rahad is a river of western Ethiopia, and a tributary of the Abay on the right side....

- Reb River

Reb River

Reb River is a river of north-central Ethiopia which empties into Lake Tana at . The river originates on the slopes of Mount Guna, and flows west through Kemekem woreda. It has no significant tributaries.R.E...

- Robe River

Sagan River

Sagan River

The Sagan River is a seasonal river in southern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains east of Lake Chamo to flow south then west to join the Weito River at , this river defines part of the boundary between the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region and the Oromia Region.Tributaries of the...

- Shebelle River

Shebelle River

The Shebelle River begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where it follows the coast. Below Mogadishu, the river becomes seasonal...

- Shinfa River

Shinfa River

The Shinfa is a river of northwestern Ethiopia. It is an important tributary of the Atbarah River....

- Sor River

Sor River

The Sor is a river of southwestern Ethiopia. A tributary of the Gebba River on its left side, the Sor rises in Sayo....

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Tekezé River

The Tekezé River, also known as the Takkaze River, is a major river of Ethiopia, and forms a section the westernmost border of Ethiopia and Eritrea for part of its course. The river is also known as the Setit in Eritrea, western Ethiopia, and eastern Sudan. According to materials published by the...

Usno River

The Usno River is a tributary of the Omo in Ethiopia. Formed by the confluence of the Magi and the Neri, it flows south past the Nyalibong Hills before it enters the Omo at . Almost all of its course is inside the boundaries of the Mago National Park....

- Ubbi Ubbi River

Wabe River

Wabe River

Wabe River is a river of south-central Ethiopia. A tributary of the Omo River on the left side, it joins the parent stream at...

- Walaqa River

Walaqa River

Walaqa River, a tributary of the Blue Nile, is an Ethiopian river in the Amhara Region. Wegde is located to its north. Mida Woremo and Dera are to the south, while Kelala is to the northeast. The Walaqa River may have been the northern boundary of the historical province of Walaqa.-External links:* *...

- Wajja River

Wajja River

Wajja River is a river of western Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Hanger River, and part of the watershed of the Blue Nile....

- Wanchet River

Wanchet River

Wanchet River is a river of central Ethiopia, and a tributary of the Jamma River. Along with the Adabay River, it defined the border of the former district of Marra Biete. Its crossing "Aqui afagi" is mentioned in the account of Francisco Álvares, who crossed it several times in the first quarter...

- Wari River

Wari River

Wari River is a river of northern Ethiopia and a tributary of the Tekezé River. It rises in the Gar'alta and flows to the southwest into the Tekezé at . Tributaries of the Wari include the Assam, Chemit, Meseuma, and Tsedia rivers...

- Weito River

Weito River

The Weito River is a river in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region of Ethiopia...

- Weyib River

Weyib River

- Welmel River

Welmel River

The Welmel is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Ganale Dorya River.- See also :* List of Ethiopian rivers...

Yabus River

The Yabus River rises in the far west of Ethiopia, in Asosa Zone, flows west into Sudan past the town of Yabus, then enters South Sudan. At the town of Boing it turns south west and enters the Machar Marshes, where it loses its identity....

External links

Map of major rivers of Ethiopia

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