Erer River
| Erer River | |
|---|---|
 Map of the Jubba/Shebelle drainage basin | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Regions | Oromia, Somali, Harari, Dire Dawa |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Ethiopian Highlands |
| • coordinates | 9°27′29″N 42°04′52″E / 9.458038°N 42.081195°E |
| • elevation | 2,422 m (7,946 ft) |
| Mouth | Shebelle River |
• coordinates | 7°33′43″N 42°01′43″E / 7.56194°N 42.02861°E |
• elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Length | 264 km (164 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 14,846 km2 (5,732 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mouth[1] |
| • average | 14.26 m3/s (504 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 32.25 m3/s (1,139 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Shebelle → Jubba → Somali Sea |
| River system | Jubba Basin |
| Population | 2,890,000[2] |
The Erer is a perennial river of eastern Ethiopia.[3] It rises near the city of Harar, in Harari Region, and flows in a primarily southern direction to its confluence with the Shabelle.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lehner, Bernhard; Verdin, Kristine; Jarvis, Andy (2008-03-04). "New Global Hydrography Derived From Spaceborne Elevation Data". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 89 (10): 93–94. doi:10.1029/2008eo100001. ISSN 0096-3941.
- ^ Liu, L., Cao, X., Li, S., & Jie, N. (2023). GlobPOP: A 31-year (1990-2020) global gridded population dataset generated by cluster analysis and statistical learning (1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10088105
- ^ "Erer River, Ethiopia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2022-10-14.