This is a list of streams and rivers in Ethiopia, arranged geographically by drainage basin. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article.
Flowing into the Mediterranean
Nile (Egypt, Sudan)
Atbarah River
Mareb River (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood) Obel River Tekezé River (or Takkaze or Setit) Zarima River Ataba River Wari River Qortem Zer'a Tsaliet Agefet Ab'aro Azef River Amblo Korowya Ferrey River Kidane Mihret River May Meqa Graliwdo Giba River Tanqwa Tsech'i River May Qoqah Arwadito Adawro River May Selelo Zikuli River Gra Adiam River, also called Bitchoqo River Zeyi River Inda Sillasie River May Zegzeg May Harena May Sho'ate May Be'ati River Addi Keshofo River May Gabat Inda Anbesa Ruba Bich'i River Hurura Afedena River May Ayni Shimbula Ilala River Qarano River Agula'i River Genfel Sulluh Ch'eqofo River Balagas River Angereb River (or Greater Angereb River) Shinfa River
Blue Nile (or Abay River)
Rahad River
Dinder River
Beles River
Dabus River
Didessa River
Hanger River (or Angar River) Wajja River Gulla River Guder River Muger River Jamma River Wanchet River Qechene River Robe River Dembi River Walaqa River Bashilo River Checheho River Lake Tana, into which flow Gilgel Abay Magech River Lesser Angereb River Reb River Gumara River Adar River (South Sudan) Yabus River Daga River (Deqe Sonka Shet)
Sobat River (South Sudan)
Baro River
Jikawo River
Alero River (or Alwero River) Birbir River Dipa River Kobara River Qarsa River Gebba River Sor River Pibor River Gilo River Akobo River
Flowing into the Indian Ocean
Jubba River
Shebelle River
Fafen River (only reaches the Shebelle in times of flood) Jerer River Erer River Ramis River Galetti River Dungeta River Gololcha River Ganale Dorya River Mena River Weyib River or Gestro River Welmel River Dawa River
Flowing into endorheic basins
Afar Depression
Awash River
Logiya River
Mille River
Ala River
Golima River
Borkana River
Ataye River
Hawadi River
Kabenna River
Germama River (or Kasam River) Durkham River Keleta River Mojo River Akaki River Dechatu River
Lake Ziway
Meki River
Katar River
Lake Turkana
Kibish River
Omo River
Usno River
Mago River
Neri River
Mui River
Mantsa River
Zigina River
Denchya River
Gojeb River
Gibe River
Gilgel Gibe River
Maze River
Wabe River
Lake Abaya
Bilate River
Gidabo River
Lake Chew Bahir
Weito River
Sagan River
Alphabetic list
A to G
Abay River - Adabay River - Akaki River - Akobo River - Ala River - Alero River - Angereb River - Ataba River - Ataye River - Atbarah River - Awash River - Awetu River - Ayesha River
Balagas River - Baro River - Bashilo River - Beles River - Bilate River - Birbir River - Blue Nile - Borkana River
Cheleleka River
Dabus River - Dawa River - Dechatu River - Dembi River - Denchya River - Didessa River - Dinder River - Doha River - Dukem River - Durkham River
Erer River
Fafen River
Galetti River - Ganale Dorya River - Gebba River - Gebele River - Germama River - Gestro River - Gidabo River - Gibe River - Gilgel Gibe River - Gilo River - Gojeb River - Golima River - Gololcha River - Greater Angereb River - Guder River - Gumara River
H to L
Hanger River - Hawadi River
Jamma River - Jerer River - Jikawo River - Jubba River
Kabenna River - Karsa River - Katar River - Keleta River - Kibish River - Kulfo River
Lagabora River - Lesser Abay - Lesser Angereb - Logiya River
M to S
Mago River - Magech River - Mareb River - Meki River - Mena River - Mille River - Modjo River - Mofar River - Muger River - Mui River
Neri River
Omo River
Pibor River
Qechene River
Rahad River - Reb River - Robe River
Sagan River - Shebelle River - Shinfa River - Sor River
T to Z
Tekezé River
Tella River
Usno River - Ubbi Ubbi River
Wabe River - Walaqa River - Wajja River - Wanchet River - Wari River - Weito River - Weyib River - Welmel River