The Bashilo River is located in the African nation of Ethiopia. The river orginates near Magdala, in the northern administrative state known as the Amhara Region. The Bashilo drains the eastern portion of the Amhara Region. The Bashilo River is tributary to the Abay River, which is one of the two Nile River tributaries. Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Amhara (አማራ) is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people. ... The Abay River is a river in Ethiopia. ... There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The...
, the longest river of Africa, and second in length of all the rivers of the globe, draining a vast area in north-east Africa, from the East African lake plateau to the shores of the Mediterranean.
The aspect of the river throughout the stidd region is monotonous and depressing.
Owing to the cataracts, navigation between Assuan and Khartum is impossible during low Nile, and from the 1st of March to the 1st of August the upper courses of the Damietta and Rosetta branches are closed to navigation; the water being utilized for summer irrigation in the delta.
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