The Bilate is a river of south-central Ethiopia. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page It rises on the southwestern slopes of Mount Gurage near , flowing south along the western side of the Great Rift Valley, to empty into Lake Abaya. The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by English explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trough approximately in length that runs For the Muslim garment see Abaya. Lake Abaya ( Abaya Hayk in Amharic) is a Lake in the Southern Nations Nationalities David Buxton recorded its importance as defining the boundary between the Sidamo district on the eastern side, and the Wallamo district on the western; he also describes finding a weekly market beside a ford named Dinto. [1]
This river is not navigable and it has no notable tributaries. Along the middle of its course the Bilate flows past the Bilate River volcanic field.
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- ^ David Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1967), pp. This is a list of Streams and Rivers in Ethiopia A Abay River - Adabay River - Akaki River - Akobo 98f
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