Germama River

Germama River

The Germama (or Kasam) River is a tributary of the Awash River in Ethiopia. The name "Germama" comes from the Amharic word which means "frockling", "boisterous", or "frisky". [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/g/ORTGEN.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia, Gena-Gerwane"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 30 December 2007)]

The Germama is not a navigatable stream, and flows with a great volume during the rainy season. It rises west of Kese Koremash, flowing east to the Awash, its course delineating a few kilometers of the northern boundary of the Awash National Park. The lowlands of the upper Germama was the location of the former Shewan district of Bulga; [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/B/ORTBUA.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia, Bua-Buotaro"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 30 December 2007)] the lower course defines the northern boundary of the Shewan district of Menjar.

See also

* List of Ethiopian rivers

Notes


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