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Gibe River

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20: 167:. Fernandes later described the Gibe as carrying "more Water than the Nile". The Gibe would not be visited again by Europeans until the 19th century, so Fernandes' account remained authoritative and was preferred over information obtained from native travellers. 414: 244: 155:, who campaigned in the north of the region in 1566. The first recorded European to see the Gibe was the Portuguese Jesuit missionary 407: 237: 210: 144:
people. The Gibe River terminates at an elevation of 1060 m, at its confluence with the Wabe River, thus forming the Omo River.
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Although its banks and watershed have been inhabited since time since prehistoric times, the Gabe is first mentioned in the
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Travels in Southern Abyssinia through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa (London, 1844), vol. 2 pp. 113-125
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with the Gibe and the Omo draining the (respectively) upper and lower reaches.
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The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704
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and flows generally south-southeast. The confluence of the Gibe River
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In common with most of Ethiopia's rivers, the Gibe is not navigable.
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The Gibe rises at an elevation of more than 2,000 m north of
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rivers. The southern drainage area of the Gibe includes the
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Map showing the Omo basin, with the Gibe River (Top right)
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Omo River
Ethiopia
8°19′N 37°28′E / 8.317°N 37.467°E / 8.317; 37.467
Wabe River
drainage basin
Bila
Chomen swamp
Gudeya Bila
woreda
East Welega Zone
Oromia Region
Amara
Alanga
Gilgel Gibe
Gibe region
Oromo
Sidama
Sarsa Dengel
António Fernandes
Ennarea
Janjero
Charles Johnston
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Largest rivers
Ethiopia
Rivers
Akobo

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