List of rivers of Ethiopia facts for kids

Map of Ethiopia showing some of the main rivers

This is a list of streams and rivers in Ethiopia, 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

A map of the Atbara River drainage basin

• Mareb River (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood)
  • Obel River
• Tekezé River (or Takkaze or Setit)
  • Zarima River
  • Ataba River
  • Wari River
    • Qortem Zer'a
    • Tsaliet
      • Agefet
        • Ab'aro
        • Azef River
        • Amblo
      • Korowya
      • Ferrey River
      • Kidane Mihret River
      • May Meqa
      • Graliwdo
  • Giba River
    • Tanqwa
      • Tsech'i River
      • May Qoqah
      • Arwadito
      • Adawro River
    • May Selelo
    • Zikuli River
    • Gra Adiam River, also called Bitchoqo River
    • Zeyi River
    • Inda Sillasie River
      • May Zegzeg
        • May Harena
        • May Sho'ate
      • May Be'ati River
    • Addi Keshofo River
    • May Gabat
    • Inda Anbesa
    • Ruba Bich'i River
    • Hurura
      • Afedena River
        • May Ayni
      • Shimbula
    • Ilala River
    • Qarano River
    • Agula'i River
    • Genfel
    • Sulluh
      • Ch'eqofo River
  • Balagas River
• Angereb River (or Greater Angereb River)
• Shinfa River

Blue Nile (or Abay River)

A map of the Abbay River drainage basin

• Rahad River
• Dinder River
• Beles River
• Dabus River
• Didessa River
  • Hanger River (or Angar River)
    • Wajja River
• Gulla River
• Guder River
• Muger River
• Jamma River
  • Wanchet River
    • Qechene River
  • Robe River
    • Dembi River
• Walaqa River
• Bashilo River
  • Checheho River
• Lake Tana, into which flow
  • Gilgel Abay
  • Magech River
    • Lesser Angereb River
  • Reb River
  • Gumara River
• Adar River (South Sudan)
  • Yabus River
  • Daga River (Deqe Sonka Shet)

Sobat River (South Sudan)

A map of the Sobat River drainage basin

• Baro River
  • Jikawo River
  • Alero River (or Alwero River)
  • Birbir River
    • Dipa River
      • Kobara River
        • Qarsa River
  • Gebba River
    • Sor River
• Pibor River
  • Gilo River
  • Akobo River

Flowing into the Indian Ocean

A map of the Jubba River and Shebelle River drainage basin

• Jubba River
  • Shebelle River
    • Fafen River (only reaches the Shebelle in times of flood)
      • Jerer River
    • Erer River
    • Ramis River
      • Galetti River
    • Dungeta River
      • Gololcha River
  • Ganale Dorya River
    • Mena River
    • Weyib River or Gestro River
    • Welmel River
  • Dawa River

Flowing into endorheic basins

Afar Depression

A map of the Awash River

• Awash River
  • Logiya River
  • Mille River
    • Ala River
    • Golima River
  • Borkana River
  • Ataye River
  • Hawadi River
  • Kabenna River
  • Germama River (or Kasam River)
  • Durkham River
  • Keleta River
  • Mojo River
  • Akaki River
• Dechatu River

Lake Ziway

• Meki River
• Katar River

Lake Turkana

A map of the Omo River

• Kibish River
• Omo River
  • Usno River
    • Mago River
    • Neri River
  • Mui River
  • Mantsa River
  • Zigina River
  • Denchya River
  • Gojeb River
  • Gibe River
    • Gilgel Gibe River
    • Maze River
  • Wabe River

Lake Abaya

• Bilate River
• Gidabo River

Lake Chew Bahir

• Weito River
  • Sagan River

Alphabetic list

A to G

Abay River - Adabay River - Akaki River - Akobo River - Ala River - Alero River - Angereb River - Ataba River - Ataye River - Atbarah River - Awash River - Awetu River - Ayesha River

Balagas River - Baro River - Bashilo River - Beles River - Bilate River - Birbir River - Blue Nile - Borkana River

Cheleleka River

Dabus River - Dawa River - Dechatu River - Dembi River - Denchya River - Didessa River - Dinder River - Doha River - Dukem River - Durkham River

Erer River

Fafen River

Galetti River - Ganale Dorya River - Gebba River - Gebele River - Germama River - Gestro River - Gidabo River - Gibe River - Gilgel Gibe River - Gilo River - Gojeb River - Golima River - Gololcha River - Greater Angereb River - Guder River - Gumara River

H to L

Hanger River - Hawadi River

Jamma River - Jerer River - Jikawo River - Jubba River

Kabenna River - Karsa River - Katar River - Keleta River - Kibish River - Kulfo River

Lagabora River - Lesser Abay - Lesser Angereb - Logiya River

M to S

Mago River - Magech River - Mareb River - Meki River - Mena River - Mille River - Modjo River - Mofar River - Muger River - Mui River

Neri River

Omo River

Pibor River

Qechene River

Rahad River - Reb River - Robe River

Sagan River - Shebelle River - Shinfa River - Sor River

T to Z

Tekezé River Tella River Usno River - Ubbi Ubbi River

Wabe River - Walaqa River - Wajja River - Wanchet River - Wari River - Weito River - Weyib River - Welmel River

Yabus River

Zarima River