Ayesha River is an intermittent river of eastern

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. Its drainage basin is part of the

East African Rift The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset of the Miocene, 22–25 million years ago. In the past it was considered to be part of a ...

Overview

The Ethiopian

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lists the drainage area of the Ayesha amongst the twelve major basins in the country, with an area of 2,223 square kilometers, although it lacks any measurable flow."Table 4.1. Important Physical Characteristics of the Ethiopian Basins, Nature and features of the Ethiopian river basins"
, Ministry of Water Resources website (accessed 14 July 2009)

References

Rivers of Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-river-stub