List of rivers of Ethiopia


This is a list of streams and rivers in Ethiopia, arranged geographically by drainage basin. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article.
Flowing into the Mediterranean
- Nile (Egypt, Sudan)

- Mareb River (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood)
- Tekezé River (or Takkaze or Setit)
- Angereb River (or Greater Angereb River)
- Shinfa River
Blue Nile (or Abay River)

- Rahad River
- Dinder River
- Beles River
- Dabus River
- Didessa River - Hanger River (or Angar River)
 
- Birr River - Temcha River
 
- Guder River
- Muger River
- Jamma River
- Walaqa River
- Bashilo River
- Lake Tana, into which flow
- Adar River (South Sudan) - Yabus River
- Daga River (Deqe Sonka Shet)
 
Sobat River (South Sudan)

- Baro River - Jikawo River
- Alero River (or Alwero River)
- Birbir River - Dipa River - Kobara River - Qarsa River
 
 
- Kobara River 
- Sor River
 
- Dipa River 
- Gebba River
 
- Pibor River - Gilo River
- Akobo River - Cechi River
- Chiarini River
- Owag River
- Neubari River
- Ajuba River
- Kaia River
 
 
Flowing into the Indian Ocean

- Jubba River - Shebelle River - Fafen River (only reaches the Shebelle in times of flood)
- Erer River
- Ramis River - Galetti River
- Mojo River
 
- Dungeta River
 
- Ganale Dorya River - Mena River
- Weyib River or Gestro River
- Welmel River
 
- Dawa River - Kojowa River
- Aflata River
- Awata River
 
 
- Shebelle River 
Flowing into endorheic basins

- Awash River - Logiya River
- Mille River - Ala River
- Golima River
 
- Borkana River
- Ataye River
- Hawadi River
- Kabenna River
- Germama River (or Kasam River)
- Gololcha River
- Dukem River
- Keleta River
- Akaki River - Sendafa River
 
 
- Dechatu River

Alphabetic list
A to G
Abay River - Adabay River - Akaki River - Akobo River - Ala River - Alero River - Angereb River - Ataba River - Ataye River - Atbarah River - Awash River - Awetu River - Ayesha River-Dhadheba River-Lugita River
Balagas River - Baro River - Bashilo River - Beles River - Bilate River - Birbir River - Blue Nile - Borkana River
Dabus River - Dawa River - Dechatu River - Dembi River - Denchya River - Didessa River - Dinder River - Doha River - Dukem River
Galetti River - Ganale Dorya River - Gebba River - Gebele River - Germama River - Gestro River - Gidabo River - Gibe River - Gilgel Gibe River - Gilo River - Gojeb River - Golima River - Gololcha River - Greater Angereb River - Guder River - Gumara River
H to L
Jamma River - Jerer River - Jikawo River - Jubba River
Kabenna River - Karsa River - Katar River - Keleta River - Kibish River - Kulfo River
Lagabora River - Lesser Abay - Lesser Angereb - Logiya River
M to S
Mago River - Magech River - Mareb River - Meki River - Mena River - Mille River - Modjo River - Mofar River - Muger River - Mui River
Rahad River - Reb River - Robe River
Sagan River - Shebelle River - Shinfa River - Sor River
T to Z
Tekezé River Tella River Usno River - Ubbi Ubbi River
Wabe River - Walaqa River - Wajja River - Wanchet River - Wari River - Weito River - Weyib River - Welmel River