- Birbir River
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river_name = Birbir River
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mouth = coord|8.2411|34.9609|display=inline,title|region:ET-OR_type:river intoBaro River
basin_countries =Ethiopia
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watershed = The Birbir River of southwesternEthiopia is a tributary of theBaro River . It is politically important because its course defines part of the boundary between the Mirab Welega andIllubabor Zone s of theOromia Region .Richard Pankhurst notes that the Birbir is important for discovery in 1904 of deposits of
platinum along its course. [Richard Pankhurst, "Economic History of Ethiopia" (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie I University, 1968), pp. 231, 234.]See also
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List of Ethiopian rivers Notes
External links
* [http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/administrative/Atlas_Oromiya.pdf Ethiopia Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency: Administrative atlas: Oromiya 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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