The Wadi Laba River is a seasonal spate
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in
Eritrea that typically produces turbulent flow events of only a few hours duration, and only five to ten times during the short summer season. It empties north of
Massawa into the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...
. Prior to its end, the river merges with the
Wokiro River.
See also
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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 ...
References
Rivers of Eritrea
Wadis
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