Sulluh | |
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Sulluh River in Tigray Region | |
Location | |
Country | Ethiopia |
Region | Tigray Region |
Districts (woreda) | Dogu’a Tembien, Kilte Awula’ilo, Hawzen |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Slopes of Mugulat mountains |
• elevation | 2,746 m (9,009 ft) |
Mouth | Giba River |
• location | Shugu'a Shugu'i |
• coordinates | 13°38′53″N 39°24′54″E / 13.648°N 39.415°E |
• elevation | 1,770 m (5,810 ft) |
Length | 87 km (54 mi) |
Basin size | 969 km2 (374 sq mi) |
Width | |
• average | 35 m (115 ft) |
Discharge | |
• location | Near the confluence at Shugu'a Shugu'i[1] |
• maximum | 338 m3/s (11,900 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Permanent river |
Waterbodies | Addi Abagiè and many other reservoirs |
Bridges | Road Hawzien-Senkata |
Topography | Mountains 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.