Gumara River

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The Gumara River is a significant Ethiopian river that drains the highlands east of Lake Tana and contributes substantially to the lake’s inflow and the upper Blue Nile basin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gumara River canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Blue Nile headwaters ⓘ
Lake Tana sub-basin hydrology ⓘ
belongsTo Upper Blue Nile sub-basins ⓘ
climateZone tropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
drainageDirection towards Lake Tana ⓘ
drains highlands east of Lake Tana ⓘ
environmentalIssue catchment deforestation ⓘ
sedimentation in Lake Tana ⓘ
soil erosion in upper catchment ⓘ
wetland degradation near river mouth ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Tana ⓘ
hasCatchment Gumara River basin ⓘ
hasFloodplain lower reaches near Lake Tana ⓘ
hydrologicalRole perennial river ⓘ
importance strategic for regional water management in Amhara Region ⓘ
locatedIn Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
partOf Lake Tana basin ⓘ
linked to: Lake Tana

Nile River system ⓘ
linked to: Nile

Upper Blue Nile basin ⓘ
peakFlowSeason main rainy season (kiremt) ⓘ
region Amhara Region ⓘ
researchTopic hydrology and water resources of Lake Tana basin ⓘ
sediment yield and land use change in Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
significance important contributor to Upper Blue Nile runoff ⓘ
major tributary to Lake Tana inflow ⓘ
supports biodiversity in Lake Tana ecosystem ⓘ
riparian wetlands ⓘ
usedFor domestic water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
small-scale fisheries ⓘ
waterSource rainfall in Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Tana → hasInflowRiver → Gumara River ⓘ