| Gudar River | |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 9.8636°N 37.671°W |
| Other Name: | Guder |
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Mouth: | Blue Nile |
| Progression: | Blue Nile → Nile → Mediterranean Sea |
| River System: | Nile Basin |
| Image Caption: | Map showing the Abbay (Blue Nile) basin, with the Gudar River (bottom right) |
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]