Erer River

Erer River
Map of the Jubba/Shebelle drainage basin
Location
Country	Ethiopia
Regions	Oromia, Somali, Harari, Dire Dawa
Physical characteristics
Source	Ethiopian Highlands
• coordinates	9°27′29″N42°04′52″E / 9.458038°N 42.081195°E / 9.458038; 42.081195
• elevation	2,422 m (7,946 ft)
Mouth	Shebelle River
• coordinates	7°33′43″N42°01′43″E / 7.56194°N 42.02861°E / 7.56194; 42.02861
• elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Length	264 km (164 mi) [1]
Basin size	14,846 km2 (5,732 sq mi) [1]
Discharge
• location	Mouth [1]
• average	14.26 m3/s (504 cu ft/s)
• minimum	0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s)
• maximum	32.25 m3/s (1,139 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Shebelle → Jubba → Somali Sea
River system	Jubba Basin
Population	2,890,000 [2]

The Erer is a perennial river of eastern Ethiopia. ^[3] It rises near the city of Harar, in Harari Region, and flows in a primarily southern direction to its confluence with the Shabelle.

See also

• Rivers of Ethiopia

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. "Erer River, Ethiopia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2022-10-14.