Agula'i River

Agula'i River
The Agula’i River upstream from Agula’i
Agula'i River is located in Ethiopia
Agula'i River
Agula’i River in Tigray Region
EtymologyAfter the homonymous town
Location
CountryEthiopia
RegionTigray Region
Districts (woreda)Kilte Awula’ilo
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHayki Mesal in Atsbi Wenberta
 • elevation2,159 m (7,083 ft)
MouthGiba River
 • location
Worgesha in Emni Ankelalu
 • coordinates
13°37′34″N 39°24′14″E / 13.626°N 39.404°E / 13.626; 39.404
 • elevation
1,750 m (5,740 ft)
Length50 km (31 mi)
Basin size692 km2 (267 sq mi)
Width 
 • average25 m (82 ft)
Discharge 
 • locationNear outlet[1]
 • maximum520 m3/s (18,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemPermanent river
LandmarksAgula’i town
WaterbodiesFuture Lake Giba
BridgesAgula’i town, Birki
TopographyMountains and deep gorges

The Agula’i is a river of northern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains of Atsbi Wenberta (2,676 metres above sea level), it flows southwestward to Giba River which empties finally in the Tekezé River.[2] Future Lake Giba will occupy the plain where Sulluh, Genfel and Agula’i Rivers meet.

Giba drainage network
  1. ^ Amanuel Zenebe, and colleagues (2013). "Spatial and temporal variability of river flows in the degraded semi-arid tropical mountains of northern Ethiopia". Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. 57 (2): 143–169. Bibcode:2013ZGm....57..143Z. doi:10.1127/0372-8854/2012/0080.
  2. ^ Jacob, M. and colleagues (2019). Geo-trekking map of Dogu'a Tembien (1:50,000). In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.