The Guder is a river of central

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. It is a

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of the Abay or

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on the left side; tributaries of the Guder include the Dabissa and the Taranta. The Guder River has a drainage area about 7,011 square kilometers in size. A

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resident built the first bridge over the Guder in 1897.

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, ''Economic History of Ethiopia'' (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie University, 1968), p. 299

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Rivers of Ethiopia Tributaries of the Blue Nile {{Ethiopia-river-stub

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