Atbara River

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river tributary

The Atbara River is a major tributary of the Nile in northeastern Africa, flowing from the Ethiopian Highlands northward through Sudan before joining the main Nile.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Atbarah River 2
Atbara 1
Tekezé–Setit–Atbara river system 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Atbara River ⓘ
surface form: Tekezé–Setit–Atbara river system
approximateLength about 800 kilometres ⓘ
basinCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
borderFunction forms part of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea via its upper tributaries ⓘ
cityOnRiver Atbara River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Atbara

Kassala ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid to arid in lower course ⓘ
confluenceNear city of Atbara, Sudan ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
direction northward ⓘ
drainageBasin Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
economicUse hydropower ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
fedBy monsoon rains in Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
floodSeason summer ⓘ
flowsInto Nile ⓘ
flowsThrough Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
formsPartOf Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River basin
hasDam Khashm el-Girba Dam ⓘ
Upper Atbara and Setit Dam Complex ⓘ
hasTributary Angereb River ⓘ
Shinfa River ⓘ
Tekeze River ⓘ
surface form: Tekezé River
historicalSignificance important for ancient and medieval Nile civilizations ⓘ
hydrologicalRegime highly seasonal ⓘ
joinsNile north of Khartoum ⓘ
lowerCourseEnvironment Sudanese plains ⓘ
majorTributaryOf Nile ⓘ
mouthCountry Sudan ⓘ
mouthElevation about 300 metres ⓘ
mouthLocation Nile ⓘ
notableFeature often nearly dry outside flood season in lower reaches ⓘ
partOfSystem Eastern Nile tributaries ⓘ
region northeastern Africa ⓘ
sedimentLoad high during flood season ⓘ
sourceCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
sourceRegion Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
tributaryType right tributary of the Nile ⓘ
upperCourseEnvironment Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atbara River → alsoKnownAs → Atbara River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekezé–Setit–Atbara river system
Atbara River → cityOnRiver → Atbara River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atbara
Tekeze River → hasMouth → Atbara River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atbarah River
Kingdom of Meroë → locatedOnRiver → Atbara River ⓘ
Ethiopian Highlands → sourceOf → Atbara River ⓘ
Tekeze River → tributaryOf → Atbara River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atbarah River