Hanger River
| Hanger River Anger, Angar | |
|---|---|
 Map of Abbay Basin, with the Hanger River near the bottom | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Didessa River |
• coordinates | 9°35′N 36°2′E / 9.583°N 36.033°E |
| Basin size | 4,300 km2 (1,700 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Didessa → Blue Nile → Nile → Mediterranean Sea |
| River system | Nile Basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Wajja River |
The Hanger (also transliterated Angar River) is a river in west central Ethiopia. It is a west-flowing tributary of the Didessa River, itself a tributary of the Blue Nile (also called the Abay River in Ethiopia). The Hanger enters the Didessa approximately halfway between the town of Nek'emte and the village of Cherari.
Tributaries of the Hanger include the Wajja, Alata, and Ukke rivers.
Portuguese missionary António Fernandes was the first European recorded to have seen the Hanger, crossing the river in 1613 as he sought a way south from Ethiopia to Malindi.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Herbert Weld-Blundell, "Exploration in the Abai Basin, Abyssinia", Geographical Journal, 27 (1906), p. 538