Ganale Doria River
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According to materials published by the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency, the Ganale has a total length of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] The Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources, describes the catchment area of the Ganale Dorya-Dawa river basin as Script error: No such module "convert". in size, with an annual runoff of Script error: No such module "convert"., and specific discharge of Script error: No such module "convert". per square kilometre.[2] The catchment area is estimated as having the potential to irrigate Script error: No such module "convert"., and to generate 9270 gigawatt-hours per year.[3]
The river Ganale was renamed Ganale Doria by the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego after the Italian biologist Giacomo Doria.[4]
The Ganale Doria is historically important because it served as the boundary between Sidamo and Bale Provinces. The confluence of the Ganale Doria with the Dawa is notable as the former starting point for the boundary between Ethiopia and Kenya to the west, and the starting point for the boundary between Ethiopia and Somalia to the east.[5] In 1936, the Battle of Ganale Doria was fought to the south of the river's course.
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- ↑ "Climate, 2008 National Statistics (Abstract)" Template:Webarchive, Table A.1. Central Statistical Agency website (accessed 26 December 2009)
- ↑ "Water Sector Development Program: Main Report, Volume II" Template:Webarchive, Ethiopia Ministry of Water Resources (2002), p. 12
- ↑ "Nature and Features of the Ethiopian River Basins: Table 6.1, Simple Parameters Indicating the Potential of the Basin" Template:Webarchive, Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources (accessed 12 February 2009)
- ↑ V. Bottego, Il Giuba esplorato, Rome, 1895; A. Donaldson Smith, Through unknown African Countries, London, 1897; I. N. Dracopoli, Through Jubaland to the Lorian Swamp, London, 1914; C. Citerni and L. Vannutelli, L'Omo. Viaggio di esplorazione nell'Africa orientale, Milan, 1899; Regio Governo della Somalia Italiana, Il Giuba, Turin, s. a. [1926]; id., La Vallata del Giuba, Turin, s. a. [1927]; Commissariato generale dell'Oltre Giuba, Notizie sul territorio di riva destra del Giuba, Rome, 1927.
- ↑ See, for example, "Ethiopia – Kenya Boundary" Template:Webarchive, U.S. State Department International Boundary Study, No. 152 – October 15, 1975
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