Welmel River

Welmel River
Map of the Jubba Basin, with the Welmel in the upper centre
Location
Country	Ethiopia
Regions	Oromia, Somali
Physical characteristics
Source	Bale Mountains
• coordinates	6°52′43″N 39°44′33″E
• elevation	3,927 m (12,884 ft)
Mouth	Ganale Dorya River
• coordinates	5°40′52″N 40°56′09″E
• elevation	302 m (991 ft)
Length	311 km (193 mi)[1]
Basin size	15,085 km^2 (5,824 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Mouth[1]
• average	33.41 m^3/s (1,180 cu ft/s)
• minimum	10.15 m^3/s (358 cu ft/s)
• maximum	82.68 m^3/s (2,920 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Ganale Dorya → Jubba → Somali Sea
River system	Jubba Basin
Population	389,000[2]
Tributaries
• left	Dumal

The Welmel is a river of eastern Ethiopia.[3] It is a tributary of the Ganale Dorya River, which in turn is a tributary of the Jubba River. The headwaters of the Welmel are in the Bale Mountains of the Ethiopian Highlands, and it flow southeast for 311 km (193 mi) to its mouth.[1]

See also

• List of rivers of Ethiopia

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. "Welmel River, Ethiopia". Geographical Names. Retrieved 30 November 2014.