Abbay

The Abbay is the Ethiopian name for the Blue Nile.,

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The Abbay, Baro-Akobo, and Omo-Gibe basins account for about 76% of the total runoff from an area that is only 32% of the total area of the country (Table 3).

Water profile of Ethiopia 2008

Sharing the water resources of these transboundary rivers is very challenging, particularly the Nile tributaries (Abbay, Tekeze, and Baro-Akobo) with the downstream riparian countries Sudan and Egypt.

Water profile of Ethiopia 2008

The Nile basin (including Abbay or Blue Nile, Baro-Akobo, Setit-Tekeze/Atbara, and Mereb) covers 33% of the country and drains the northern and central parts westwards

Water profile of Ethiopia 2008

Wilensi, one Mohammed, a Shaykhash, gave me his itinerary of fifteen stages to the sources of the Abbay or Blue Nile: he confirmed the vulgar Somali report that the Hawash and the Webbe

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He had flown directly to Addis Ababa, where the jet Ranger had been waiting to carry him to the Pegasus base camp on the escarpment above the Abbay gorge.

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They would not want to draw any government attention to themselves and this little private campaign of theirs in the Abbay gorge.

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Once that happen Sapper wondered how long it would take the flood waters to reach them here in the Abbay gorge.

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On the fifth day the abbot takes the tabot down to the Abbay.

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"Do you remember the spot where it joins the Abbay from when you were there?"

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