Meki River

{{Short description|River in central Oromia, Ethiophia}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Meki River

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|8|4|8|N|38|52|53|E}}

| subdivision_name1 = Ethiopia

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_type2 = Regions

| subdivision_name2 = CERS, Oromia

| cities = Meki

| source1 = Ethiopian Highlands

| source1_location = Deldo Forest

| source1_elevation = {{cvt|3345|m}}

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|8|13|41|N|38|18|56|E|display=it}}

| mouth = Lake Ziway

| mouth_location = South of Meki

| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|1635|m}}

| length = {{cvt|127|km}}{{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_location = Mouth

| discharge1_min = {{cvt|6.17|m3/s}}

| discharge1_avg = {{cvt|28.3|m3/s}}

| discharge1_max = {{cvt|99.1|m3/s}}

| river_system = Meki Basin

| basin_size = {{cvt|2490|km2}}

| basin_population = 1,220,000 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_right = Weja

}}The Meki is a river in central Oromia, Ethiopia. It empties into Hora-Dambal.

O.G.S. Crawford identifies the Meki with a river on a map which was drawn in 1662 (there named "Machy") to illustrate Manuel de Almeida's history of Ethiopia. Crawford explains that the cartographer learned of this stream from the Jesuit missionaries residing in Ethiopia at the time of Emperor Susenyos.O.G.S. Crawford, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1789985 "Some Medieval Theories about the Nile", Geographical Journal], 114 (1949), p. 19f