Bashilo River

Bashilo River

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river_name = Bashilo River


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mouth = coord|11.0405|38.4752|display=inline,title|region:ET-AM_type:river into Blue Nile
basin_countries = Ethiopia
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watershed = The Bashilo River (less often known as the Beshitta) is located in Ethiopia. Known for its canyon, which one source describes as almost as extensive as the canyon of its parent the Abay, [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/B/ORTBAS.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 22 January 2008)] also known as the Blue Nile, the river originates near Amba Mariam in the Amhara Region and flows southwest into the Abay River. The Bashilo drains portions of the Semien Gondar, Semien Wollo and Debub Wollo Zones.

The Bashilo was also important for defining the northern boundary of the former province of Shewa, a boundary that was recognized as late as 1870 by Negus Menelik of Shewa in a letter to G.R. Goodfellow. [Dated 3 July, 1870. Text and translation in Sven Rubenson, "Acta Aethiopica, vol 3: Internal Rivalries and Foreign Threats, 1869-1879" (Addis Ababa: University Press, 2000), pp. 60f.]

See also

*List of Ethiopian rivers

Notes

External links

* [http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/administrative/Atlas_Amhara.pdf Ethiopia Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency: Administrative atlas: Amhara region]
* [http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/Thematic%20maps/floodvulnerableareas_aug24_2006.jpgEthiopia Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency: Flood Vulnerable Areas as of August 24, 2006]


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