Birbir River

Birbir River

Infobox_River
river_name = Birbir River


image_size =
caption =
origin =
mouth = coord|8.2411|34.9609|display=inline,title|region:ET-OR_type:river into Baro River
basin_countries = Ethiopia
length =
elevation =
mouth_elevation =
discharge =
watershed = The Birbir River of southwestern Ethiopia is a tributary of the Baro River. It is politically important because its course defines part of the boundary between the Mirab Welega and Illubabor Zones of the Oromia 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

*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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