Sulluh

Sulluh
Shugu'a Shugu'i confluence: Sulluh (from the back) and Genfel (from right) together form Giba River, flowing towards the photographer
Sulluh is located in Ethiopia
Sulluh
Sulluh River in Tigray Region
Location
CountryEthiopia
RegionTigray Region
Districts (woreda)Dogu’a Tembien, Kilte Awula’ilo, Hawzen
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSlopes of Mugulat mountains
 • elevation2,746 m (9,009 ft)
MouthGiba River
 • location
Shugu'a Shugu'i
 • coordinates
13°38′53″N 39°24′54″E / 13.648°N 39.415°E / 13.648; 39.415
 • elevation
1,770 m (5,810 ft)
Length87 km (54 mi)
Basin size969 km2 (374 sq mi)
Width 
 • average35 m (115 ft)
Discharge 
 • locationNear the confluence at Shugu'a Shugu'i[1]
 • maximum338 m3/s (11,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemPermanent river
WaterbodiesAddi Abagiè and many other reservoirs
BridgesRoad Hawzien-Senkata
TopographyMountains and deep gorges

The Sulluh is a river of northern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains of Mugulat (3,298 metres (10,820 ft) above sea level), it flows southward to Giba River which empties finally in the Tekezé River.[2][3] 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" (PDF). 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.
  3. ^ Solomon Hishe, Woldeamlak Bewket, Nyssen, J., Lyimo, J., 2020. Analyzing past land use land cover change and CA-Markov based future modeling in the Middle Suluh Valley, Northern Ethiopia. GeoCarto International, 35(3): 225-255.