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The Awash River basin is the most developed, utilized, abused, impacted, and most populous (over 15% or nearly 18.6 million out of 120 million) basin in Ethiopia (as of 2021). [6] Rapid growth of agriculture, industries and urbanization within the Awash basin, as well as population growth is placing increasing demands on the basin’s water ...
Melka Kunture (Amharic: መልካ ቁንጥሬ) is a Paleolithic site in the upper Awash Valley, Ethiopia. It is located 50 kilometers south of Addis Ababa by road, across the Awash River from the village of Melka Awash. Three waterfalls lie downstream of the bridge across the Awash here, which provides access south to Butajira. [1]
Basin countries: Ethiopia: Surface area: 180 km 2 (69 sq mi) Surface elevation: ... It was created by the construction of the Koka Dam across the Awash River. The ...
Basin Contractor Financing Cost Remarks Koka: 1960: Awash River: Fincha: 1973: Fincha (Blue Nile) Gilgel Gibe I: 2004: Gilgel Gibe River: Salini (bid) World Bank: $331m: Tekezé: 2009: Tekeze : Sinohydro Corporation (bid) Chinese: $365m: Gilgel Gibe III: 2015: Omo River: Salini (no bid) Ethiopian government and Industrial and Commercial Bank of ...
A 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; Mojo River; Dungeta River; Ganale Dorya River. Mena River; Weyib River or Gestro River; Welmel River; Dawa River. Kojowa River; Aflata River; Awata ...
The Logiya watershed is part of the Lower Awash River Basin (LARB). The upper part is in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region. Lower down it is in the Afar Region. [4] The Logiya watershed lies to the west of the Awash River, and covers an area of 3,520 km 2 (1,360 sq mi). [1]
It is situated on the Awash River, and its reservoir also receives the output of the Mille River. The dam is a project of the Ethiopian Water Works Construction Enterprise (EWWCE). Project planning began in 2005, with construction occurring from 2010 to 2014.
Lake Abbe is the ultimate destination of the waters of the Awash River. It lies at the Afar triple junction, the central meeting place for the three pieces of the Earth's crust, a defining feature of the Afar Depression. Here three pieces of Earth's crust are each pulling away from that central point, though not all at the same speed. [2]