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May Gabat

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The May Gabat is a river of northern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains of Inderta (2, 233 metres above sea level), it flows westward to Giba River, which empties finally in the Tekezé River. The Gereb Segen reservoir has been built on this river in 2016, mainly for providing Mekelle with potable water.

Flows through: Ethiopia.

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

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