Gash River

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The Gash River is a seasonal river in northeastern Africa that flows from the Ethiopian highlands through western Eritrea and eastern Sudan, supporting agriculture and settlements along its course before dissipating into the desert.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gash River canonical 6
Baraka River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
seasonal river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mareb River ⓘ
Mereb River ⓘ
linked to: Barka River
basinCountry Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid to arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
countryBorderRole part of the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia ⓘ
dischargePattern highly seasonal flow ⓘ
drainageBasinType closed basin ⓘ
drainageType endorheic ⓘ
economicUse irrigation ⓘ
environmentalFeature alluvial fan in eastern Sudan ⓘ
floodSeason summer rainy season in Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northwest from Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
flowsNear Kassala ⓘ
flowsThrough eastern Sudan ⓘ
western Eritrea ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance shared transboundary river ⓘ
hasDeltaLikeFeature inland alluvial fan ⓘ
hasFloods yes ⓘ
hasIrrigationSchemes Gash irrigation schemes near Kassala ⓘ
hydrologicalBehavior loses flow before reaching the sea ⓘ
hydrologicalType ephemeral river ⓘ
importance major water source for Kassala region ⓘ
landUseAlongCourse irrigated agriculture ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ
mouthCharacteristic dissipates into desert ⓘ
primaryWaterSource rainfall in the Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
region Northeastern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Africa
risk flooding of nearby settlements ⓘ
water scarcity in dry season ⓘ
sedimentLoad high during flood season ⓘ
sourceRegion Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
supports agriculture ⓘ
human settlements ⓘ
local food production ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
rural livelihoods ⓘ
terminatesIn inland desert plains of eastern Sudan ⓘ
terminusRegion Sudanese desert ⓘ
waterAvailability intermittent ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gash-Barka → namedAfter → Gash River ⓘ
subject linked to: Gash‑Barka
Gash-Barka → hasRiver → Gash River ⓘ
subject linked to: Gash‑Barka
Kassala → locatedOnRiver → Gash River ⓘ
Gash-Barka Region → hasMajorRiver → Gash River ⓘ
Western Eritrea → hydrologicalFeature → Gash River ⓘ
subject linked to: western Eritrea
Barka River → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Baraka River ⓘ
linked to: Gash River
Kassala State → traversedByRiver → Gash River ⓘ
subject linked to: Kassala State, Sudan