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The Bilate[1] is a river of south-central Ethiopia. It rises on the southwestern slopes of Mount Gurage near 6°2′N38°7′E / 6.033°N 38.117°E / 6.033; 38.117, flowing south along the western side of the Great Rift Valley, to empty into Lake Abaya at 6°37′54″N37°59′6″E / 6.63167°N 37.98500°E / 6.63167; 37.98500. It is the longest river flowing into Lake Abaya and also the one with the highest discharge. The 250 km long river is not navigable and has no notable tributaries. Along the middle of its course, the Bilate flows past the Bilate River volcanic field and its most territory covered by Halaba Zone.[2]
David Buxton recorded its importance as defining the boundary between the Sidamo district on the eastern side, and the Wolaita district on the western; he also described finding a weekly market beside a ford named Dinto.[3]
^Thiemann, Stefan; Förch, Gerd (2005). "Water resources assessment in the Bilate River catchment - precipitation variability" – via ResearchGate.
^"Global Volcanism Program | Bilate River Field".
^Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1967), pp. 98f
The Bilate is a river of south-central Ethiopia. It rises on the southwestern slopes of Mount Gurage near 6°2′N 38°7′E / 6.033°N 38.117°E / 6.033;...
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with Gedeo zone, in South Ethiopia Regional State, on the west by the BilateRiver, which separates it from Wolayita Zone, and on the north and east by...
by Hadiya, on the northeast by the Oromia Region, on the east by the BilateRiver which separates it from Sidama Region, and on the south east by the Lake...
southern slope of the mountain, while the Gidabo River flows on the eastern slope. The BilateRiver basin is volcanic, and contains several lake-filled...
the north east by Lake Shala, and on the east by Oromia Region; the BilateRiver, which is its major body of water, defines its western boundary. The...
suspended sediments. The lake is fed by three medium-sized rivers. First there is the Bilate which rises on the southern slopes of Mount Gurage, then runs...
Caldera, with Lake Shala and the smaller Chitu water-filled maar Ethiopia BilateRiver Volcanic Field (several water-filled maars) Ethiopia El Sod (small salt...
and Peoples Region (SNNPR), this town sits on the left bank of the BilateRiver, with an elevation of 1726 meters above sea level. Halaba Kulito's total...
southeast by Arsi; its westernmost reach is defined by the course of the BilateRiver. Towns and cities in East Shewa include Dukam, Galan, Tullu Dimt, Basaqa...
formed border to the Hobicha woreda. Hobicha is bordered on the south by BilateRiver and Lake Abaya, on the west by the Abala Abaya woreda, on the north by...
Hadiya Zone, on the northeast by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Bilateriver, which separates it from Sidama Region. The administrative center of...
Tembaro, on the northeast by part of the Oromia Region, on the east by the BilateRiver which separated it from Sidama and another part of the Oromia Region...
Tiello and Matchafara - home for hippopotamus and variety of birds. The BilateRiver which separates the three lakes is also home for crocodiles and hippopotamus...
Run-of-river schemes (without reservoir) totally depend on the flow of the river, which might be low in times of drought. Sometimes a run-of-river hydropower...
Valley from west to east, and between the central Rift Valley lakes and BilateRiver from north to south. The rockshelter itself is about 70 m wide, 12 m...
Naannawa Shashamane; its western boundary is defined by the course of the BilateRiver. The administrative center of this woreda is Loke. The altitude of this...
northwest by Angacha, on the north by Damboya, and on the northeast by the BilateRiver which separates it from Alaba. The northern part of Kedida Gamela was...
Tembaro Zone, on the northeast by the Halaba Zone, and on the east by the BilateRiver which separates it from the Oromia Region. The major town in Misraq Badawacho...
matches. The site owes its name to the Don Cossacks, who crossed the Merwede River at that place in 1813 as they freed Werkendam from French occupation during...
Ethiopia's largest cotton plantations. Rain-fed cotton also grew in Humera, Bilate, and Arba Minch. Since the revolution, most commercial cotton has been grown...
Breda naar RKC Waalwijk, Mario Bilate bewandelt omgekeerde weg" [Finn Stokkers from NAC Breda to RKC Waalwijk, Mario Bilate takes the opposite direction]...
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