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Ethiopia Physiography
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

Atbara OSM
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)

Abbay OSM
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)

Sobat OSM
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

Jubbarivermap
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

Awashrivermap
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

Omo OSM
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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Ríos de Etiopía para niños

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