Ethiopia's rivers are quite full-flowing, since there is enough rainfall in the country.
Avash river
Avash flows through Ethiopia, crossing the lands of the Afar and Oromia regions. The total length of the current is one thousand two hundred kilometers.
The source of the river is located at an altitude of two hundred and thirty-two meters above sea level at the confluence of the Kora and Kerensea rivers (not far from the city of Addis Ababa, Gynchi settlement). The rivers are fed from four lakes - Abiyata, Shala, Zivay and Langano. The main tributaries of the Avash are the Lady, Kasem and Kabenna rivers.
The valley's soil is ideal for growing sugarcane and cotton.
The river ends its journey through the country by flowing into Lake Abbe. During a period of high water, the water level can rise up to twenty meters. But during a period of drought, the river bed dries up, turning into a chain of small salt lakes. And in such years, the waters of Avash simply do not reach the lake.
The river bed is blocked by a large dam, located seventy-five kilometers from Addis Ababa, which forms the Koka reservoir.
Atbara river
The river bed crosses the territories of Sudan and Ethiopia. The total length of the current is equal to one thousand one hundred and twenty kilometers. Atbara is the right tributary of the great Nile. It connects with its waters near the city of Atbara (territory of the Sudan).
The source of the river is located in Ethiopia (Lake Tan, Sudan plateau). The large Khashm el Gibra reservoir on the river is used for several purposes at once - as a source of water supply, for irrigation purposes and for generating electricity (hydroelectric power station).
The river significantly replenishes the stream of the Nile during the "high water" period - from July to November. In the rest of the year, the river becomes shallow and even crosses in places, and therefore it simply does not reach the Nile. During the seasonal rains, Atbara is navigable.
Baro river
The channel runs along the territory of the southwestern part of Ethiopia, partially fulfilling the role of the state border with neighboring South Sudan.
The source of the river is located in the Ethiopian Highlands at an altitude of five hundred and fifty-three meters above sea level. Then the river takes a western direction, after three hundred and six kilometers joining the Pibor River. The total catchment area is a little more than forty one thousand squares. In the dry season, the river becomes very shallow.
Kasem River
Kasem is one of the African rivers flowing through Ethiopia. It is Kasem that is the main tributary of the Avash River. Although the river becomes full-flowing during the rainy season, Kasam is nonetheless not navigable.
