Guder River

The Guder is a river of central Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Abay or Blue Nile on the left side; tributaries of the Guder include the Dabissa and the Taranta. The Guder River has a drainage area about 7,011 square kilometers in size.[1]

Map showing the Abbay basin, with the Guder River (Bottom right)

A Greek resident built the first bridge over the Guder in 1897.[2]

See also

List of rivers of Ethiopia

Notes

"Tana & Beles Integrated Water Resources Development: Project Appraisal Document (PAD), Vol.1", World Bank, 2 May 2008 (accessed 5 May 2009)
Richard Pankhurst, Economic History of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie University, 1968), p. 299

Largest rivers of Ethiopia
Rivers	Agvey Akobo Atbarah Awash Ayesha Baro Blue Nile Dawa Didessa Galetti Ganale Dorya Germama Gibe Guder Jamma Mareb Mille Muger Omo Tekezé

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