Dinder River
| Dinder River | |
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 Map showing the Abbay basin, with the Dinder River(Center left) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ethiopia, Sudan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Blue Nile |
• location | Al Rabwah, Sudan |
• coordinates | 14°6′0″N 33°40′0″E / 14.10000°N 33.66667°E |
• elevation | 402 m (1,319 ft) |
| Length | 784 km (487 mi) |
| Basin size | 36,500 km2 (14,100 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Blue Nile → Nile → Mediterranean Sea |
| River system | Nile Basin |
The Dinder River (Arabic: نهر الدندر Nahr-ud-dindir, also spelled Dindar; Amharic: ዲንደር ወንዝ, romanized: dīnideri wenizi) is a tributary of the Blue Nile. It flows through Ethiopia and Sudan for 784 km (487 mi) based on GIS measurements.
Course
The Dinder River rises in the Ethiopian Highlands, west of Lake Tana in the Ethiopian woreda of Alefa. It flows northwest out of the highlands and into the plains of the Sudanese state of Sennar. It meanders across the plains to join the Blue Nile near the town of Sennar.[1]
Natural features
The Dinder National Park of Sudan, which stretches south from the Dinder, is named after the river. This watershed was previously habitat to the endangered painted hunting dog, Lycaon pictus; however, this canine is thought to be extirpated in the region[2] due to expansion of the human population and lack of attention to conservation.
See also
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
Line notes
- ^ "Dinder River". Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009