Usno River

Usno River
Location
Country	Ethiopia
Region	SNNPR
Physical characteristics
Source	Ethiopian Highlands
• coordinates	6°27′16″N 36°39′59″E
• elevation	2,195 m (7,201 ft)
Source confluence	Magi and Neri
• coordinates	5°36′12″N 36°13′44″E
• elevation	403 m (1,322 ft)
Mouth	Omo River
• coordinates	5°27′0″N 36°13′17″E
• elevation	391 m (1,283 ft)
Length	159 km (99 mi)[1]
Basin size	5,530 km^2 (2,140 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Mouth[1]
• average	25.89 m^3/s (914.4 cu ft/s)
• minimum	8.99 m^3/s (317.5 cu ft/s)
• maximum	39.29 m^3/s (1,388 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Omo → Lake Turkana
River system	Omo Basin
Population	378,000[2]
Tributaries
• left	Neri
• right	Magi

The Usno River is a tributary of the Omo River in Ethiopia.[3] Formed by the confluence of the Magi and the Neri rivers, it flows south past the Nyalibong Hills before entering the Omo. Almost all of the Usno's course is inside the boundaries of the Mago National Park.

See also

• List of Ethiopian rivers

References

1. 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.
2. 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
3. Carr, Claudia J. (April 1998). "Patterns of vegetation along the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia". Plant Ecology. 135 (2): 138. doi:10.1023/A:1009704427916. ISSN 1385-0237.