Mena River

Mena River
The Mena River shown as a tributary of the Ganale River in Bale Zone, eastern Ethiopia
Location
Country	Ethiopia
Regions	Oromia, Somali
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bale Mountains
• coordinates	6°55′52″N 40°11′27″E
• elevation	3,101 m (10,174 ft)
Mouth	Ganale Dorya River
• coordinates	5°32′30″N 41°10′59″E
• elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Length	298 km (185 mi)[1]
Basin size	9,081 km^2 (3,506 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Mouth[1]
• average	35.1 m^3/s (1,240 cu ft/s)
• minimum	6.96 m^3/s (246 cu ft/s)
• maximum	109.2 m^3/s (3,860 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Ganale Dorya → Jubba → Somali Sea
River system	Jubba Basin
Population	206,000[2]

The Mena is a river of eastern Ethiopia.^[3] It is located in the Delo Menna woreda in Bale Zone, Oromia Region. Its source lies in the Bale Mountains. It is a tributary of the Ganale Dorya.^[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. Hazel, Robert (2020-05-07). Snakes, People, and Spirits, Volume Two: Traditional Eastern Africa in its Broader Context. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-5045-2.