List of rivers of Ethiopia

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.

Map of Ethiopia showing some of the main rivers

Flowing into the Mediterranean

• Nile (Egypt, Sudan)

Atbarah River

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

External links

• Map of major rivers of Ethiopia