Sor River

{{Short description|River in Ethiopia}}

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{{Infobox river

| name = Sor River

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|8|30|48|N|35|11|17|E|display=it}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Ethiopia

| subdivision_type2 = Regions

| subdivision_name2 = Oromia, SWEPR

| source1_elevation = {{cvt|2797|m}}

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|7|35|59.4|N|35|49|8.5|E}}

| mouth = Birbir River

| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|815|m}}

| length = {{cvt|231|km}}

| discharge1_location = Mouth (estimate){{Cite journal |last1=Müller Schmied |first1=Hannes |last2=Cáceres |first2=Denise |last3=Eisner |first3=Stephanie |last4=Flörke |first4=Martina |last5=Herbert |first5=Claudia |last6=Niemann |first6=Christoph |last7=Peiris |first7=Thedini Asali |last8=Popat |first8=Eklavyya |last9=Portmann |first9=Felix Theodor |last10=Reinecke |first10=Robert |last11=Schumacher |first11=Maike |last12=Shadkam |first12=Somayeh |last13=Telteu |first13=Camelia-Eliza |last14=Trautmann |first14=Tim |last15=Döll |first15=Petra |date=2021-02-23 |title=The global water resources and use model WaterGAP v2.2d: model description and evaluation |url=https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1037/2021/ |journal=Geoscientific Model Development |language=English |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=1037–1079 |doi=10.5194/gmd-14-1037-2021 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2021GMD....14.1037M |issn=1991-959X|hdl=11250/2984567 |hdl-access=free }}

| discharge1_min = {{cvt|10.5|m3/s}}

| discharge1_max = {{cvt|230.9|m3/s}}

| discharge1_avg = {{cvt|86.6|m3/s}}

| progression = BirbirBaroSobatWhite NileNileMediterranean Sea

| river_system = Nile

| basin_size = {{cvt|6650|km2}}

| basin_population = 978,000 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

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The Sor is a river of southwestern Ethiopia.{{cite web|title=Jimma: Capital of Coffee Country|url=http://www.tourismethiopia.gov.et/English/Attractions/Pages/WestEthiopiaJimma.aspx|work=Tourism Ethiopia|publisher=Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Tourism|accessdate=27 December 2012}} A tributary of the Birbir River on its left side and joins it at latitude and longitude {{coord|8|30|48|N|35|11|17|E}}, the Sor rises in Sayo.

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Category:Rivers of Ethiopia

Category:Sobat River

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