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Awash River

Major river in Ethiopia

Body of waterriverQ782845

Also known as Awaash

Length: 1,200 km
Mouth: Lake Abbe
Country: Ethiopia
Watershed area: 64,000 km²

Overview

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The Awash River 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 begins with Lake Gargori and ends with Lake Abbe on the border with Djibouti, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the head of the Gulf of Tadjoura. The Awash River is the principal stream of an endorheic drainage basin covering parts of the Amhara, Oromia and Somali Regions, as well as the southern half of the Afar Region. The Awash River basin, spanning 23 administrative zones, covers 10% of Ethiopia's area.

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Category for the water basin: Q15887392
Lake on watercourse: Lake Abbe
Tributary: Germama River
Mille River
Akaki River
Ataye River
Borkana River
Dechatu River
Durkham River
Hawadi River
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Kabenna River
Keleta River
Logiya River
Modjo River
Different from: Awash

On other databases

17 identifiers linking Awash River across the web's reference databases

9.0118, 38.1471OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDb. (2026). Awash River (Q782845). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/awash-river-Q782845