Adabay River Explained

Adabay
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Amhara Region
Subdivision Type3:Districts (woreda)
Source1 Coordinates:10.0167°N 42°W
Source1 Elevation:1905m (6,250feet)
River System:Permanent river
Tributaries Left:Beresa
Tributaries Right:Chacha
Custom Label:Topography
Custom Data:Mountains and deep gorges

Adabay River is a river of central Ethiopia which, along with the Wanchet River, defined the former district of Marra Biete.[1] Its tributaries include the Chacha, the Beresa, and three other streams which join together at the top of a deep canyon.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. G.W.B. Huntingford, The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704, (Oxford University Press: 1989), p. 153
  2. https://archive.org/stream/journalsofrevmes00isen/journalsofrevmes00isen_djvu.txt Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842
  3. https://et.geoview.info/adabay_shet,345566 Ādabay Shet’