Mount Gurage

{{Short description|Mountain in Ethiopia}}

Mount Gurage or Zebidar terraria is a mountain located in central Ethiopia. It is the highest point in both the Gurage Zone and the entire Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. The mountain has a latitude and longitude of {{coord|8|17|N|38|23|E|display=inline,title}} and an elevation of 3900 meters above sea level.or 12,300 square feet Elevation per Ethiopian Mapping Authority. [http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=317&format=raw&Itemid=561 2010 National Statistics (Abstract): climate], Table A.1. Central Statistical Agency website (accessed 18 March 2011)

To the north is the village of Anige, while to the east is Bu'i.{{Google maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps/@8.3346359,38.3565806,71859m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en | accessdate =12 November 2016}}

Mount Gurage is described as part of an upwarped massif, which overlooks the Rift Valley. This massif is composed of layers of silicic lavas and tuffs, except for the summit line which is hidden by the Rift Valley tuffs. It forms part of the divide separating the drainage basins of the Awash and Omo rivers.[http://www.nai.uu.se/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/g/ORTGUR05.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"], The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 17 March 2011) The headwaters of the Omo lie in the central highlands between Gurage and the town of Nekemte.{{cite book|last=Billi|first=Paolo|title=Landscapes and Landforms of Ethiopia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfipBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|date=23 March 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-94-017-8026-1|page=92}}

The Bilate River begins on the southern slope of the mountain, while the Gidabo River flows on the eastern slope.{{cite book|author=Girma Kebbede|title=Environment and Society in Ethiopia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V8xRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT146|date=4 October 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-315-46427-5|page=146}} The Bilate River basin is volcanic, and contains several lake-filled maars and tuff rings dated to the Pleistocene and possibly Holocene periods.{{cite web|url=https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bilate-river-field.html|title=Bilate River Field|publisher=Volcanodiscovery.com|accessdate=12 November 2016}} The Aleta people, believed to be descendants of the Maldea, live to the south of the Gidabo River. The area is part of the homeland of the Sidama people.{{cite book|last=Olson|first=James Stuart|title=The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdaAdBC-_S4C&pg=PA502|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27918-8|page=502}}