Wanchet River is a river of central

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 ...

, and a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Jamma River The Jamma River (Amharic: ጃማ) is a river in central Ethiopia and a tributary to the Abay (or Blue Nile). It drains parts of the Semien Shewa Zones of the Amhara and Oromia Regions. The Upper Jamma flows through steep, deep canyons cut firs ...

. Along with the

Adabay River Adabay River is a river of central Ethiopia which, along with the Wanchet River, defined the former district of Marra Biete Marra Biete (Amharic: መራ ቤቴ) is a former province of Ethiopia, located inside the boundaries of the modern Semien ...

, it defined the border of the former district of

Marra Biete Marra Biete (Amharic: መራ ቤቴ) is a former province of Ethiopia, located inside the boundaries of the modern Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, north of Shewa Meda. According to Johann Ludwig Krapf, Marra Biete lay in the northwest pa ...

. Its crossing "Aqui afagi" (''Aheya Fajj'', Amharic "destroyer of donkeys") is mentioned in the account of

Francisco Álvares Francisco Álvares ( – 1536-1541) was a Portuguese missionary and explorer. In 1515 he traveled to Ethiopia as part of the Portuguese embassy to emperor Lebna Dengel accompanied by returning Ethiopian ambassador Matheus. The embassy arrive ...

, who crossed it several times in the first quarter of the 16th century.Huntingford, ''Historical Geography'', pp. 32f, 81

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Rivers of Ethiopia Nile basin {{Ethiopia-river-stub

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