dissipate in the sands of the eastern Sudanese plains
Length
440 km (270 mi)
Basin size
31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• average
21.6 m3/s (760 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left
Sarana River, Balasa River, 'Engweya River, Gala River
• right
Obel River
The Mareb River, or Gash River (Arabic: القاش) is a river flowing out of central Eritrea. Its chief importance is defining part of the boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia, between the point where the Mai Ambassa enters the river at 14°53.6′N37°54.8′E / 14.8933°N 37.9133°E / 14.8933; 37.9133 to the confluence of the Balasa with the Mareb at 14°38′N39°1.3′E / 14.633°N 39.0217°E / 14.633; 39.0217.[1]
^Eritrea - Ethiopia Boundary Commission Decision Regarding Delimitation of the Border..., pp. 97, 102
According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, the MerebRiver is 440 kilometres (270 mi) long. The Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources...
province located north of the Mareb River, in the Eritrean highlands (Kebassa) and some surrounding areas. Mereb Melash corresponds to the administrative...
been known as Ma'ikele Bahr ("between the seas/rivers," i.e. the land between the Red Sea and the Merebriver), but during the reign of emperor Zara Yaqob...
(Tigray-Mareb Melash) were divided into two provinces, separated by the MerebRiver, by the newly enthroned Agaw emperors. The governor of the northern province...
and the Red Sea coast. Eritrea's central highlands, known as Mereb Melash ("Beyond the Mereb"), were the northern frontier region of the Ethiopian kingdoms...
needed][citation needed] Today's unity of Tigrayan territories south of the Merebriver is a rather modern phenomenon. Most northern provinces were ruled by...
Upon hearing this, Sarsa Dengel mobilized his forces and crossed the Merebriver to repel the Turkish invaders who were pillaging the countryside. He...
hereditary ruler to be in power in Mereb Melash. Raesi Woldemichael was born into one of the traditional ruling families of Mereb Melash, the House of Hazega...
Mereb Lehe (Tigrinya: መረብ ለኸ) is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Maekelay Zone, it is bordered on the south by La'ilay Maychew, on the...
Russian scholars for many years believed that he was from the vicinity of Mereb Melash, a province in present-day Eritrea. In a letter he wrote to Empress...
in the tabia are: Addi Geza'iti May Zeleqo in Guderbo Addi Anefti in May Mereb In this area with rains that last only for a couple of months per year,...
Gabat is a river of northern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains of Inderta (2,233 metres above sea level), it flows westward to Giba River which empties...
Negash, "King of the sea") – Ruler of the territories north of the Mareb River (Mereb Melash), a powerful official in medieval Ethiopia. As a result of the...
Kendie, Daniel (1999). "Egypt and the Hydro-Politics of the Blue Nile River". Northeast African Studies. 6 (1/2): 141–169. doi:10.1353/nas.2002.0002...
formed: the western one — the Badme section, the area between the Mereb and Setit rivers, the central one — the Cherona—Zalambesa —Alitena district, the...
who fled to Bogos. On 9 October 1876, the Emperor made Alula governor of Mereb Mellash (today part of Eritrea). In the Hewett Treaty, concluded in 1884...
Italians expanded their conquests further inland, they were defeated by Mereb Mellash governor Ras Alula Engida at the Battle of Dogali in 1887.[unreliable...
submission. Wube then extended his rule over the northern highlands into the Mereb Melash and Akele Guzay (in today’s Eritrea) with the submission of the lord...
Radames, Lisa Brescia as Amneris, Jeb Brown as Zoser, Michael James Scott as Mereb, Ken Page as Amonasro & Joneal Joplin as The Pharaoh) The Wizard of Oz (July...
to the Emperor only. An influential governor of Akale Guzay province of Mereb Milash (Eritrea) throughout the 1870s and 1880s. He was killed defending...
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