Ganale Doria River

{{About|the river in Ethiopia|the dam in Somalia|Ganale Doria}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Ganale Doria River

| native_name = {{native name|so|Webiga Janaale}}

| image = jubbarivermap.png

| image_size =

| image_caption = Map of the Jubba/Shebelle drainage basin

| source1_location = Ethiopian Highlands

| mouth_location = Near Dolo, at Ethiopia–Somalia border

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|4.1784|42.0801|format=dms|region:ET-OR|display=it}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Ethiopia

| source1_elevation = {{cvt|3479|m}}

| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|175|m}}

| discharge1_avg = {{cvt|241.5|m3/s}}

| basin_size = {{cvt|82600|km2}}

| subdivision_type2 = Regions

| subdivision_name2 = Oromia, Somali, Sidama

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|6.807437|N|39.122393|E|format=dms}}

| mouth = Jubba River

| length = {{cvt|858|km}}

| discharge1_location = Mouth{{Cite journal |last=Lehner |first=Bernhard |last2=Verdin |first2=Kristine |last3=Jarvis |first3=Andy |date=2008-03-04 |title=New Global Hydrography Derived From Spaceborne Elevation Data |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008eo100001 |journal=Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union |volume=89 |issue=10 |pages=93–94 |doi=10.1029/2008eo100001 |issn=0096-3941}}

| discharge1_min = {{cvt|56.2|m3/s}}

| discharge1_max = {{cvt|531.6|m3/s}}

| progression = Jubba → Somali Sea

| river_system = Jubba Basin

| basin_population = 3,940,000 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

| tributaries_left = Welmel, Mena, Weyib

| waterbodies = GD-3 Power Station Reservoir

}}

The Ganale Doria River ({{langx|so|Webiga Janaale}}) (also transliterated as Genale Dorya) is a perennial river in southeastern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains east of Aleta Wendo, the Ganale flows south and east to join with the Dawa at the border with Somalia to become the Jubba. The river's tributaries include the Welmel, Weyib (also known as Gestro), and Mena. The Del Verme Falls is a notable feature of its middle course.

According to materials published by the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency, the Ganale has a total length of {{convert|858|km|mi|abbr=on}}.[http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=184&format=raw&Itemid=466 "Climate, 2008 National Statistics (Abstract)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113215000/http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=184&format=raw&Itemid=466 |date=November 13, 2010 }}, Table A.1. Central Statistical Agency website (accessed 26 December 2009) The Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources, describes the catchment area of the Ganale Dorya-Dawa river basin as {{convert|82600|km2|abbr=on}} in size, with an annual runoff of {{convert|5.80|e9m3}}, and specific discharge of {{convert|1.2|L/s}} per square kilometre.[http://www.mowr.gov.et/attachmentfiles/Downloads/Water%20Sector%20Development%20Program%20Vol.2.doc "Water Sector Development Program: Main Report, Volume II"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151419/http://www.mowr.gov.et/attachmentfiles/Downloads/Water%20Sector%20Development%20Program%20Vol.2.doc |date=2011-07-20 }}, Ethiopia Ministry of Water Resources (2002), p. 12 The catchment area is estimated as having the potential to irrigate {{convert|1070|km2|abbr=on}}, and to generate 9270 gigawatt-hours per year.[http://www.mowr.gov.et/rbmpofetiopiatblparametrs.htm "Nature and Features of the Ethiopian River Basins: Table 6.1, Simple Parameters Indicating the Potential of the Basin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151538/http://www.mowr.gov.et/rbmpofetiopiatblparametrs.htm |date=2011-07-20 }}, Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources (accessed 12 February 2009)

The river Ganale was renamed Ganale Doria by the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego after the Italian biologist Giacomo Doria.V. Bottego, Il Giuba esplorato, Rome, 1895; A. Donaldson Smith, Through unknown African Countries, London, 1897; I. N. Dracopoli, Through Jubaland to the Lorian Swamp, London, 1914; C. Citerni and L. Vannutelli, L'Omo. Viaggio di esplorazione nell'Africa orientale, Milan, 1899; Regio Governo della Somalia Italiana, Il Giuba, Turin, s. a. [1926]; id., La Vallata del Giuba, Turin, s. a. [1927]; Commissariato generale dell'Oltre Giuba, Notizie sul territorio di riva destra del Giuba, Rome, 1927.

The Ganale Doria is historically important because it served as the boundary between Sidamo and Bale Provinces. The confluence of the Ganale Doria with the Dawa is notable as the former starting point for the boundary between Ethiopia and Kenya to the west, and the starting point for the boundary between Ethiopia and Somalia to the east.See, for example, [http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf "Ethiopia – Kenya Boundary"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318063413/http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf |date=2009-03-18 }}, U.S. State Department International Boundary Study, No. 152 – October 15, 1975 In 1936, the Battle of Ganale Doria was fought to the south of the river's course.