Gudar River Explained

The Gudar is a river of central Ethiopia.^[1] It is a left-bank tributary of the Abay or Blue Nile; tributaries of the Gudar include the Dabissa and the Taranta. The Gudar River has a drainage area about 7,011 square kilometers in size.^[2] It was bounded by the historical Endagabatan province.^[3]

In the 1600s, emperor Susenyos I and his troops traversed this river to meet Hadiya leader Sidi Mohammed at the Battle of Hadiya.^[4]

A Greek resident built the first bridge over the Gudar in 1897.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Ethiopia

Notes

9.9167°N 93°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Abbay . Encyclopedia Aethiopica .
2. http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/05/09/000334955_20080509032052/Rendered/PDF/434000PAD0P09617372B01off0use0only1.pdf "Tana & Beles Integrated Water Resources Development: Project Appraisal Document (PAD), Vol.1"
3. Book: Endagabatan . Encyclopedia Aethiopica .
4. Book: Lindahl . Bernhard . Local History of Ethiopia . Nordic Africa Institute . 9 .
5. [Richard Pankhurst (academic)|Richard Pankhurst]