Belessa River
| Belessa River Belesa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | ሩባ በለሳ (Amharic) |
| Location | |
| Countries | Eritrea, Ethiopia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Tigray Mountains |
| • location | Near Adigrat |
| • coordinates | 14°17′25″N 39°25′42″E / 14.29028°N 39.42833°E |
| • elevation | 2,936 m (9,633 ft) |
| Mouth | Mareb River |
• coordinates | 14°37′59″N 39°1′16″E / 14.63306°N 39.02111°E |
• elevation | 1,410 m (4,630 ft) |
| Length | 76 km (47 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 1,775 km2 (685 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mouth[1] |
| • average | 4.39 m3/s (155 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 0.273 m3/s (9.6 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 24.6 m3/s (870 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mareb → Atbarah → Nile → Mediterranean Sea |
| River system | Nile Basin |
| Population | 209,000[2] |
The Belessa River is a tributary of the Mereb River in Ethiopia. Part of its course forms a section of border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lehner, Bernhard; Verdin, Kristine; Jarvis, Andy (2008-03-04). "New Global Hydrography Derived From Spaceborne Elevation Data". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 89 (10): 93–94. doi:10.1029/2008eo100001. ISSN 0096-3941.
- ^ Liu, L., Cao, X., Li, S., & Jie, N. (2023). GlobPOP: A 31-year (1990-2020) global gridded population dataset generated by cluster analysis and statistical learning (1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10088105
- ^ Péninou, Jean-Louis [in French] (1998). "Approaches to Solving Territorial Conflicts : Sources, Situations, Scenarios, and Suggestions" (PDF). IBRU Boundary and Security Bulletin Summer 1998 – via EritreaHub.org.
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