Aligide River

{{Short description|River in Eritrea}} {{refimprove|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Aligide River | other_name = Alighede River | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|15|14|25|N|39|43|6|E}} | country = Eritrea | source1_coordinates = {{coord|15|9|56.308|N|39|10|26.803|E}} | mouth = Red Sea }}

The '''Aligide River''' is a watercourse in Eritrea. It has its source a short distance outside of the national capital, Asmara. The river flows down the Eastern Escarpment of Eritrea until the small town of Foro near the Red Sea coast. At this point, the Aligide merges with two other rivers, the Comaile River and the Haddas River.{{cn|date=March 2026}} The combined river continues from there until it empties into the Red Sea in a delta on the Gulf of Zula.<ref name="Cooper2024">{{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=Julien |title=Egyptian Geography of the Southern Red Sea: The Land of Wetenet |journal=Journal of Egyptian History |date=19 August 2024 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=1–45 |doi=10.1163/18741665-bja10025 |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jeh/17/1/article-p1_1.pdf |access-date=4 March 2026}}</ref>{{rp|31}}

In its upper reaches, the Aligide has carved steep valleys, but in its lower reaches, it flows through wider valleys and eventually the smoother coastal plain on its way to the sea.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zazzaro |first1=Chiara |title=Traditional Ceramic Manufacturing in the Northern Horn of Africa: The Case of a Tigre Potter in the Foro-Wi’a Subregion (Eritrea) |journal=Rassegna di Studi Etiopici |date=2019 |volume=3 |issue=50 |pages=39–64 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48564326 |issn=0390-0096}}</ref>{{rp|45}}

==See also== *List of rivers of Eritrea

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Rivers of Eritrea}}

Category:Rivers of Eritrea