| Mouth coordinates | 8°4′8″N 38°52′53″E |
|---|---|
| Subdivision name 1 | Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Regions | CERS, Oromia |
| Cities | Meki |
| Source 1 | Ethiopian Highlands |
| Source1 location | Deldo Forest |
| Source1 elevation | 3,345 m (10,974 ft) |
| Source1 coordinates | 8°13′41″N 38°18′56″E |
| Mouth | Lake Ziway |
| Mouth location | South of Meki |
| Mouth elevation | 1,635 m (5,364 ft) |
| Length | 127 km (79 mi)[1] |
| Discharge1 location | Mouth[1] |
| Discharge1 min | 6.17 m3/s (218 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge1 avg | 28.3 m3/s (1,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge1 max | 99.1 m3/s (3,500 cu ft/s) |
| River system | Meki Basin |
| Basin population | 1,220,000[2] |
| Tributaries right | Weja |
The Meki is a river in central Oromia, Ethiopia. It empties into Hora-Dambal.
O.G.S. Crawford identifies the Meki with a river on a map which was drawn in 1662 (there named "Machy") to illustrate Manuel de Almeida's history of Ethiopia. Crawford explains that the cartographer learned of this stream from the Jesuit missionaries residing in Ethiopia at the time of Emperor Susenyos.[3]
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ O.G.S. Crawford, "Some Medieval Theories about the Nile", Geographical Journal, 114 (1949), p. 19f