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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.
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 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.
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.
Pages in category "Rivers of Ethiopia" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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 ...
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.
Lake Hawassa or Awasa, is an endorheic basin in Sidama Region of Ethiopia, located in the Main Ethiopian Rift south of Addis Ababa, the capital city of the country. According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, the lake is 16 km long and 9 km wide, with a surface area of 129 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 10 ...