Wari River is a river of northern
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 of the
Tekezé River
The Tekezé or Täkkäze River ( amh, ተከዜ, ti, ተከዘ; originally meaning "river" in Ge’ez, ), also spelled Takkaze, is a major river of Ethiopia. For part of its course it forms a section of the westernmost border of Ethiopia and Erit ...
. It rises in the
Gar'alta and flows to the southwest into the Tekezé at . Tributaries of the Wari include the Assam, Chemit, Meseuma, Tsedia, Agefet and Tsaliet rivers.
The general drainage is westward, to the Tekezze River. Main tributaries in
Dogu’a Tembien district are, from upstream to downstream
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Agefet
Agefet is a river of the Nile basin. Rising in the mountains of Gheralta in northern Ethiopia, it flows westward to empty finally in Weri’i and Tekezé River.
Characteristics
It is a confined ephemeral river, locally meandering in its n ...
River
** Amblo River, in ''tabia''
Addi Walka
Addi Walka is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Kelkele village, located approximately 16 km northeast of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Selam.
Geography
T ...
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Azef River
The Azef River is a river in the Nile basin. Rising in the mountains of Dogu’a Tembien in northern Ethiopia, it flows northward to empty finally in Weri’i and Tekezé River.
Characteristics
It is a confined ephemeral bedrock river, wi ...
, at the border of ''tabias''
Addi Walka
Addi Walka is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Kelkele village, located approximately 16 km northeast of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Selam.
Geography
T ...
and
Haddinnet
Haddinnet, also transliterated as Hadnet, is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Addi Idaga village, located approximately 6.5 km to the northeast of the ''w ...
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Ab'aro
Ab’aro is a river of the Nile basin. Rising in the mountains of Dogu’a Tembien in northern Ethiopia, it flows northwestward to empty finally in Weri’i and Tekezé River.
Characteristics
Ab’aro is a confined ephemeral river in its u ...
River, in ''tabia''
Haddinnet
Haddinnet, also transliterated as Hadnet, is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Addi Idaga village, located approximately 6.5 km to the northeast of the ''w ...
and ''woreda''
Kola Tembien
Kola Tembien (, "Lower Tembien") is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is named in part after the former province of Tembien. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, Kola Tembien is bordered on the south by Abergele, on the west by the Tekezé River ...
* May Leiba, in ''tabia''
Ayninbirkekin
Ayninbirkekin is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Degua Tembien, Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Literal meaning of Ayninbirkekin in Tigrinya is "We will not bend". The ''tabia'' centre is in Halah village, located app ...
, which becomes Tinsehe R. in
Selam and
Mahbere Sillasie
Mahbere Sillasie is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Guderbo village, located approximately 2.5 km to the west-northwest of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Se ...
, and
Tsaliet
Tsaliet is a river in northern Ethiopia, belonging to the Nile basin. Rising in the mountains of Dogu’a Tembien, where it is first called May Leiba River and then Tinsehe River, it flows westward through a deep gorge, to become Tsaliet in its ...
River, downstream from the
Dabba Selama
Dabba may refer to:
* Dabba or tiffin carrier, a lunch box used in South Asia
* ''The Lunchbox'', working title ''Dabba'', a 2013 Indian film
* Dabba (company), a South African telco company
* ∂, a mathematical symbol
* Beast of the Earth, or ' ...
monastery
** Khunale River, in ''tabia''
Selam
** Harehuwa River, in ''tabia''
Mahbere Sillasie
Mahbere Sillasie is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Guderbo village, located approximately 2.5 km to the west-northwest of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Se ...
** Kidan Mihret River, in ''tabia''
Mahbere Sillasie
Mahbere Sillasie is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Guderbo village, located approximately 2.5 km to the west-northwest of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Se ...
**
Ferrey River
Ferrey is a river of the Nile basin. Rising in the mountains of Dogu’a Tembien in northern Ethiopia, it flows northward to empty finally in Weri’i and Tekezé River.
Characteristics
It is a confined bedrock river, with an average slo ...
, at the border of ''tabias''
Mahbere Sillasie
Mahbere Sillasie is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The ''tabia'' centre is in Guderbo village, located approximately 2.5 km to the west-northwest of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Se ...
and
Degol Woyane
Degol Woyane is a ''tabia'' or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It includes Dabba Selama, the oldest monastery of Ethiopia, and the most inaccessible in the world. The ''tabia'' centre is in Zala villa ...
See also
*
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.
Flowing into the Mediterranean
*''Nile (Egypt, Sudan)''
Atbarah River
*Mareb River (or G ...
References
Atbarah River
Rivers of Ethiopia
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