Atbarah River
Atbarah River | |
---|---|
Location | |
Countries | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Discharges into the Nile |
• coordinates | 17°40′41″N 33°58′25″E / 17.6781°N 33.9735°E |
Length | 805 kilometres (500 mi) |
Basin size | 69,000 square kilometres (27,000 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 374 m3/s (13,200 cu ft/s) |
The Atbarah River (
For much of the year, it is little more than a stream. However, during the rainy season (generally July to October), the Atbarah rises some 18 ft (5 m) above its normal level. At this time it forms a formidable barrier between the northern and central districts of the
History
The earliest surviving mention of the Atbarah is by
In April 1898 a major
In 1964, the river was dammed by the
Construction on a $1.9 billion twin dam project about 20 km upstream from the confluence of the Upper Atbara and Setit rivers, the Rumela and Burdana dams, began in 2011 and was inaugurated by President Omar al-Bashir in February 2017.[6]
Hydrology
Average monthly flow (1912–1982) of the Atbarah measured approximately 25 km upstream of its mouth, measured in m3/s:[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Claude Rilly, Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique, Peeters, Louvain 2010, p. 179
- ^ "LacusCurtius • Ptolemy's Geography — Book IV, Chapter 7". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopian Borderlands (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1997), p. 27
- ^ Winston Churchill (1899). The River War Volume 1. Longmans. p. 416 Chapter XIII.
- ISSN 0276-4741.
- ^ Gregory B. Poindexter (2 February 2017). "Sudan inaugurates US$1.9 billion Upper Atbara and Setit Dam hydropower project". HydroWorld. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Nile - Kilo 3". University of New Hampshire. 2000-02-26.
External links
- Maps of Ethiopia - Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas