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Awetu River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Awetu is a river in southwestern Ethiopia, located in Oromia Regional State. The upper reaches are mostly agricultural; the river then flows downstream directly through the city of Jimma. It is a tributary of the Gilgel Gibe River. The average annual watershed rainfall is about 1699mm. The catchment area of the watershed is 81.9 km2. The elevation range of the watershed is 1698 to 2589 meters above mean sea level. The watershed is largely rural and agricultural, and the western part is forested.

Flows through: Ethiopia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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