Awash River Basin

E39449
drainage basin river basin

The Awash River Basin is a major inland drainage basin in Ethiopia that collects waters from the central Ethiopian Highlands and supports significant agricultural, ecological, and human activities along the Awash River.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Awash River Basin canonical 1
Awash River basin 1
Awash River basin environmental management area 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
climate semi-arid in lower reaches ⓘ
sub-humid in upper reaches ⓘ
collectsRunoffFrom central Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
contains Koka Reservoir ⓘ
irrigation schemes ⓘ
lower Awash sub-basin ⓘ
middle Awash sub-basin ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
upper Awash sub-basin ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
doesNotDrainTo sea ⓘ
drainageType inland drainage basin ⓘ
hasEcologicalFeature dryland ecosystems ⓘ
riparian habitats ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasIssue flood risk ⓘ
land degradation ⓘ
salinization ⓘ
water quality degradation ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicUse commercial agriculture ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
industry ⓘ
livestock production ⓘ
smallholder farming ⓘ
hasManagementConcern competing water demands ⓘ
environmental flow maintenance ⓘ
groundwater overuse ⓘ
pollution from agriculture ⓘ
pollution from industry ⓘ
isKeyFor Ethiopia’s economic development ⓘ
Ethiopia’s food production ⓘ
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
mainRiver Awash River ⓘ
supports agriculture ⓘ
biodiversity ⓘ
ecological systems ⓘ
human settlements ⓘ
irrigated farming ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
wetland ecosystems ⓘ
terminatesIn Afar Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Afar Depression

inland lakes ⓘ
usedFor domestic water supply ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Ethiopian Highlands → drainageBasin → Awash River Basin ⓘ
Koka Reservoir → partOf → Awash River Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Awash River basin
Koka Reservoir → locatedInProtectedArea → Awash River Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Awash River basin environmental management area