Weyib River

Weyib River (also Webi Gestro; Wabē Gestro or Webi River)^[3] is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises in the Bale Mountains east of Goba in the Oromia Region, flowing east to pass through the Sof Omar Caves,^[4] then to the southeast until it joins the Ganale Dorya River in the Somali Region.

Weyib River Gestro, Webi
Gestro/Weyib River (right) and Ganale River (center)
Map of the Jubba/Shebelle drainage basin with the Weyib River (Gestro) at the centre
Location
Country	Ethiopia
Regions	Somali, Oromia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bale Mountains
• coordinates	6°53′16″N 39°33′53″E
• elevation	3,709 m (12,169 ft)
Mouth	Ganale Dorya River
• location	Near Dolobay
• coordinates	4°17′12″N 42°2′35″E
• elevation	181 m (594 ft)
Length	657 km (408 mi)[1]
Basin size	24,861 km2 (9,599 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Mouth[1]
• average	66.3 m3/s (2,340 cu ft/s)
• minimum	8.81 m3/s (311 cu ft/s)
• maximum	205.8 m3/s (7,270 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Ganale Dorya → Jubba → Somali Sea
River system	Jubba Basin
Landmarks	Sof Omar Caves
Population	1,150,000[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Ethiopia

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) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10088105
3. "Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary"
4. "Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science"