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River in Ethiopia
Usno River
Location
CountryEthiopia
RegionSNNPR
Physical characteristics
SourceEthiopian Highlands
 • coordinates6°27′16″N 36°39′59″E / 6.45444°N 36.66639°E / 6.45444; 36.66639
 • elevation2,195 m (7,201 ft)
Source confluenceMagi and Neri
 • coordinates5°36′12″N 36°13′44″E / 5.60333°N 36.22889°E / 5.60333; 36.22889
 • elevation403 m (1,322 ft)
MouthOmo River
 • coordinates5°27′0″N 36°13′17″E / 5.45000°N 36.22139°E / 5.45000; 36.22139
 • elevation391 m (1,283 ft)
Length159 km (99 mi)
Basin size5,530 km (2,140 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationMouth
 • average25.89 m/s (914.4 cu ft/s)
 • minimum8.99 m/s (317.5 cu ft/s)
 • maximum39.29 m/s (1,388 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionOmoLake Turkana
River systemOmo Basin
Population378,000
Tributaries 
 • leftNeri
 • rightMagi

The Usno River is a tributary of the Omo River in Ethiopia. Formed by the confluence of the Magi and the Neri rivers, it flows south past the Nyalibong Hills before entering the Omo. Almost all of the Usno's course is inside the boundaries of the Mago National Park.

See also

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) . Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10088105
  3. Carr, Claudia J. (April 1998). "Patterns of vegetation along the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia". Plant Ecology. 135 (2): 138. doi:10.1023/A:1009704427916. ISSN 1385-0237.
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