Tekezé River
| Tekezé River Setit River | |
|---|---|
Tekezé-Senit River Watershed (Interactive map) | |
| Location | |
| Countries | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Ethiopian Highlands |
| • location | Birkumit, Ethiopia |
| • coordinates | 12°05′13″N 39°20′17″E / 12.087°N 39.338°E |
| • elevation | 3,110 m (10,200 ft) |
| Mouth | Atbarah River |
• location | near Wad Muzammil, Eritrea / Ethiopia / Sudan border |
• coordinates | 14°15′25″N 36°33′36″E / 14.257°N 36.560°E |
• elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
| Length | 608 km (378 mi) |
| Basin size | 64,210 km2 (24,790 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Atbarah River → Nile → Mediterranean Sea |
| River system | Nile |
The Tekezé River (Amharic: ተከዜ; Tigrinya: ተከዘ, originally meaning "river" in Ge’ez; Arabic: تكازي, also spelled Takkaze; Italian: fiume Tacazzè), is a major river in Ethiopia. For part of its course it forms a section of the westernmost border of Ethiopia and Eritrea. The river is also known as the Setit (Arabic: سيتيت) as it joins the Nile tributary Atbarah River just over the border in Sudan. According to materials published by the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency, the Tekezé River is 608 kilometers (378 mi) long. The canyon which it has created is the deepest in Africa and one of the deepest in the world, at some points having a depth of over 2000 meters (6,562 feet).