Belessa River

Belessa River Belesa
Native name	ሩባ በለሳ (Amharic)
Location
Countries	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Physical characteristics
Source	Tigray Mountains
• location	Near Adigrat
• coordinates	14°17′25″N 39°25′42″E
• elevation	2,936 m (9,633 ft)
Mouth	Mareb River
• coordinates	14°37′59″N 39°1′16″E
• elevation	1,410 m (4,630 ft)
Length	76 km (47 mi)[1]
Basin size	1,775 km^2 (685 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Mouth[1]
• average	4.39 m^3/s (155 cu ft/s)
• minimum	0.273 m^3/s (9.6 cu ft/s)
• maximum	24.6 m^3/s (870 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Mareb → Atbarah → Nile → Mediterranean Sea
River system	Nile Basin
Population	209,000[2]

The Belessa River is a tributary of the Mereb River in Ethiopia. Part of its course forms a section of border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.^[3]

References

1. Lehner, Bernhard; Verdin, Kristine; Jarvis, Andy (2008-03-04). "New Global Hydrography Derived From Spaceborne Elevation Data". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 89 (10): 93–94. doi:10.1029/2008eo100001. ISSN 0096-3941.
2. 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
3. Péninou, Jean-Louis [in French] (1998). "Approaches to Solving Territorial Conflicts : Sources, Situations, Scenarios, and Suggestions" (PDF). IBRU Boundary and Security Bulletin Summer 1998 – via EritreaHub.org.