Dinder River
{{Short description|River in Ethiopia and Sudan}}{{Infobox river
| name = Dinder River
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|14|6|0|N|33|40|0|E|display=inline, title}}
| map = Abbay OSM.png
| map_caption = Map showing the Abbay basin, with the Dinder River(Center left)
| progression = Blue Nile → Nile → Mediterranean Sea
| river_system = Nile Basin
| mouth = Blue Nile
| mouth_location = Al Rabwah, Sudan
| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|402|m}}
| length = {{cvt|784|km}}
| basin_size = {{cvt|36500|km2}}
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The Dinder River ({{langx|ar|نهر الدندر Nahr-ud-dindir}}, also spelled Dindar; {{Langx|am|ዲንደር ወንዝ|translit=dīnideri wenizi}}) is a tributary of the Blue Nile. It flows through Ethiopia and Sudan for {{cvt|784|km}} based on GIS measurements.
Course
The Dinder River rises in the Ethiopian Highlands, west of Lake Tana in the Ethiopian woreda of Alefa. It flows northwest out of the highlands and into the plains of the Sudanese state of Sennar. It meanders across the plains to join the Blue Nile near the town of Sennar.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dinder River |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=http://www.library.eb.com/eb/article-9030490 |accessdate=2008-01-22}}
Natural features
File:نهر الدندر من الطائرة.JPG
The Dinder National Park of Sudan, which stretches south from the Dinder, is named after the river. This watershed was previously habitat to the endangered painted hunting dog, Lycaon pictus; however, this canine is thought to be extirpated in the regionC. Michael Hogan. 2009 due to expansion of the human population and lack of attention to conservation.
See also
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101209234758/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=35993 Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg]
Line notes
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Category:Tributaries of the Blue Nile
Category:International rivers of Africa
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