May Be'ati River

May Be’ati
The May Be’ati River near its confluence with May Zegzeg
May Be'ati River is located in Ethiopia
May Be'ati River
May Be’ati River in Dogu’a Tembien
EtymologyAfter the homonymous village
Location
CountryEthiopia
RegionTigray Region
District (woreda)Dogu’a Tembien
Physical characteristics
SourceGemgema
 • locationHalah in Ayninbirkekin municipality
 • elevation2,300 m (7,500 ft)
2nd source 
 • locationMay Be’ati in Ayninbirkekin municipality
MouthMay Zegzeg River
 • location
Inda Merue at the border of Mika'el Abiy and Haddinnet municipalities
 • coordinates
13°36′50″N 39°13′34″E / 13.614°N 39.226°E / 13.614; 39.226
 • elevation
1,970 m (6,460 ft)
Length7.3 km (4.5 mi)
Width 
 • average10 m (33 ft)
Basin features
River systemSeasonal/permanent river
WaterfallsTsigaba
BridgesGemgema footbridge in Halah
TopographyMountains and deep gorges

The May Be’ati is a river of the Nile basin. Rising in the mountains of Dogu’a Tembien in northern Ethiopia, it flows southward to empty finally in the Giba and Tekezé River.[1]

View on May Be’ati catchment – in the forested gorge the river is called Gemgema and in the middle plain it is called Tsigaba
The river in the radial drainage network of Dogu’a Tembien
  1. ^ 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.