List of rivers of Eritrea

This is a list of streams and rivers in Eritrea, arranged geographically by drainage basin. Generally, rivers in Eritrea are divided into three groups: those that drain into Sudan, towards the Red Sea and towards the Afar Depression. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article.

Map of Eritrea showing the main rivers.

Flowing into the Mediterranean

• Nile (Egypt, Sudan)
  • Atbarah River (Sudan)
    • Mareb River (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood)
      • Obel River
    • Tekezé River

Rivers Flowing into the Red Sea

• Barka River
  • Anseba River
    • Zara River
    • Koka River
    • Fah River
  • Mogoraib River
  • Langeb River
• Damas River
• Gonfale River
• Wokiro River
  • Wadi Laba River
• Haddas River
  • Aligide River
    • Barosio River
    • Guwa River
  • Comaile River
  • Saato River

Alphabetic list

• Aligide River - Anseba River
• Barka River - Barosio River
• Comaile River
• Damas River
• Fah River - Falkat River
• Gonfale River - Guwa River
• Haddas River
• Koka River
• Lebka River - Lalake River - Langeb River
• Mareb River - Mogoraib River
• Obel River
• Regali River
• Saato River
• Tekezé River
• Wadi Laba River - Wokiro River
• Zara River

See also

• List of rivers of Africa