List of rivers of Ethiopia

This is a list of streams and rivers in Ethiopia.

Flowing into the Mediterranean

• Nile (Egypt, Sudan)
  • Atbarah River
    • Mareb River (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood)
      • Obel River
    • Tekezé River (or Takkaze or Setit)
      • Zarima River
      • Ataba River
      • Wari River
      • Balagas River
    • Angereb River (or Greater Angereb River)
    • Shinfa River
  • Blue Nile (or Abay River)
    • Rahad River
    • Dinder River
    • Beles River
    • Dabus River
    • Didessa River
      • Hanger River (or Angar River)
        • Wajja River
    • Gulla River
    • Guder River
    • Muger River
    • Jamma River
      • Wanchet River
        • Qechene River
      • Robe River
        • Dembi River
    • Walaqa River
    • Bashilo River
      • Checheho River
    • Lake Tana, into which flow
      • Lesser Abay
      • Magech River
        • Lesser Angereb River
      • Reb River
      • Gumara River
  • Adar River (South Sudan)
    • Yabus River
    • Daga River (Deqe Sonka Shet)
  • Sobat River (South Sudan)
    • Baro River
      • Jikawo River
      • Alero River (or Alwero River)
      • Birbir River
        • Dipa River
          • Gebora River (Kabora River)
            • Karsa River
      • Gebba River
        • Sor River
    • Pibor River
      • Gilo River
      • Akobo River

Flowing into the Indian Ocean

Map of the Jubba River and Shebelle River drainage basin

• Jubba River
  • Shebelle River
    • Fafen River (only reaches the Shebelle in times of flood)
      • Jerer River
    • Erer River
    • Ramis River
      • Galetti River
    • Dungeta River
      • Gololcha River
  • Ganale Dorya River
    • Mena River
    • Weyib River or Gestro River
    • Welmel River
  • Dawa River

Flowing into endorheic basins

An endorheic basin, is a drainage basin, or watershed, which does not flow into a major ocean.

Afar Depression

• Awash River
  • Logiya River
  • Mille River
  • Borkana River
  • Ataye River
  • Hawadi River
  • Kabenna River
  • Germama River (or Kasam River)
  • Durkham River
  • Keleta River
  • Mojo River
  • Akaki River
• Dechatu River

Lake Ziway

• Meki River
• Katar River

Lake Abaya

• Bilate River

Lake Chamo

• Kulfo River

Lake Chew Bahir

• Weito River
  • Sagan River

Lake Turkana

• Kibish River
• Omo River
  • Usno River
    • Mago River
    • Neri River
  • Mui River
  • Denchya River
  • Gojeb River
  • Gibe River
    • Gilgel Gibe River

List by letter

A to G

Abay River - Adabay River - Akaki River - Akobo River - Alero River - Angereb River - Ataba River - Ataye River - Atbarah River - Awash River - Awetu River - Ayesha River

Balagas River - Baro River - Bashilo River - Beles River - Bilate River - Birbir River - Blue Nile - Borkana River

Cheleleka River

Dabus River - Dawa River - Dechatu River - Dembi River - Denchya River - Didessa River - Dinder River - Doha River - Dukem River - Durkham River

Erer River

Fafen River

Galetti River - Ganale Dorya River - Gebba River - Gebele River - Germama River - Gestro River - Gibe River - Gilgel Gibe River - Gilo River - Gojeb River - Gololcha River - Greater Angereb River - Guder River - Gumara River

H to L

Hanger River - Hawadi River

Jamma River - Jerer River - Jikawo River - Jubba River

Kabenna River - Karsa River - Katar River - Keleta River - Kibish River - Kulfo River

Lagabora River - Lesser Abay - Lesser Angereb - Logiya River

M to S

Mago River - Magech River - Mareb River - Meki River - Mena River - Mille River - Modjo River - Mofar River - Muger River - Mui River

Neri River

Omo River

Pibor River

Qechene River

Rahad River - Reb River - Robe River

Sagan River - Shebelle River - Shinfa River - Sor River

T to Z

Tekezé River

Usno River - Ubbi Ubbi River

Wabe River - Walaqa River - Wajja River - Wanchet River - Wari River - Weito River - Weyib River - Welmel River

Yabus River

Other websites

• Map of major rivers of Ethiopia Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine