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Rivers of Ethiopia (8 C, 146 P) S. Springs of Ethiopia (2 C) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Ethiopia" This category contains only the following page.
The major river in Ethiopia is the Blue Nile. However, most drinking water in Ethiopia comes from ground water, not rivers. Ethiopia has 12 river basins with an annual runoff volume of 122 billion m 3 of water and an estimated 2.6–6.5 billion m 3 of ground water potential.
Ethiopia has no agreement with Egypt or Sudan about the sharing of the river's water. Egypt says that its historic water rights would be violated by dams in Ethiopia and that its water security would be affected. Egypt and Sudan concluded a water sharing treaty in 1959. The agreement does not consider the water rights of other Nile riparian states.
The water has a pH that is neutral to somewhat alkaline and its transparency is quite low. [ 9 ] Because of the large seasonal variations in the inflow of its tributaries, rain and evaporation, the water levels of Lake Tana typically vary by 2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft) in a year, peaking in September–October just after the main wet season.
Agriculture dominates water use (about 89% of total water use in the basin) and is expected to continue to be the basis for economic growth in the coming years. Crop production in particular is a major component of the basin's economy and has seen rapid growth in recent years, with the value of output expanding by 7.9% per year in real terms ...
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. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article.
Lake Abbe is a hypersaline lake; water containing mineral salts flows in but there is no outflow, and pure water evaporates from the surface. [4] It is also known as an "amplifier lake", the water level fluctuating dramatically in response to quite small changes in climate. [5] Satellite image of Lake Abbe
Bodies of water of Ethiopia (3 C, 1 P) D. Dams in Ethiopia (1 C, 13 P) F. ... Pages in category "Water in Ethiopia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out ...