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	East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lying in the lowlands east of Addis Ababa, and astride the Awash river, is one of the finest reserves in Ethiopia.
		The Awash River, one of the major rivers of the Horn of Africa, waters important agricultural lands in the north of Ethiopia and eventually flows into the wilderness of the Danakil Depression.
		Awash National Park, surrounding the dormant volcano of Fantale, is a reserve of arid and semi-arid woodland and savannah, with riverine forests along the Awash River.
	www.tourethio.com /travel/east/awash.htm (179 words)

	Safari Africa - Ethiopian Cultural Tours
		Lying in the lowlands east of Addis Ababa, and striding the Awash River, the Awash National Park is one of the finest reserves in Ethiopia.
		The Awash River, one of the major rivers of the Horn of Africa, waters important agricultural lands in the northeastern part of Ethiopia and eventually flows into the wilderness of the Danakil Depression.
		Awash National Park, surrounding the dormant volcano of Fantale, is a reserve of arid and semi-arid woodland and savannah, with riverside forests along the Awash River.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/green/gly06/html/eth_parks.htm (536 words)

	Western Washington is awash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rivers were on the rise in Western Washington yesterday, and some houses were flooded.
		The Skagit River crested at 9 yesterday morning, forcing volunteers to move families and their trailer homes into a parking lot at a nearby church.
		But the angriest river was certainly the Dungeness in Clallam County, which crested at 8.4 feet, eclipsing the previous record of 8.35 feet.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/53780_flood09.shtml (739 words)

	Awash National Park
		Awash National Park is l ocated 225 km east of Addis Ababa, the Park stretches 30km east to west and a little less from north to south.
		The Awash river gorge in the south of the park has some spectacular waterfalls near the park headquarters.
		It is probably wiser to enter the main gate first and travel comfortably down towards the Awash River which constitutes the southern boundary of the park.
	www.selamta.net /awash_national_park.htm (488 words)

	Guidelines and proposal for food security assessment in North and South Gonder Zones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Awash river basin is mostly located in the arid lowlands of Afar Region in the north eastern part of Ethiopia.
		In this upper section of Awash river the flooding was usually caused by the release of water from the Koka dam’s flood gates which is necessary when the reservoir reaches its maximum capacity.
		This year’s flooding along Awash river was mainly caused by heavy rainfall in the eastern highlands and escarpment areas of North Shewa and Welo and not because of heavy rain in the upper watershed areas (i.e.
	www.telecom.net.et /~undp-eue/reports/awash0999.htm (2576 words)

	National Parks
		Awash National Park is the oldest and most developed wildlife reserve in Ethiopia.
		Featuring the 1,800-metre Fantalle Volcano, extensive mineral hot-springs and extraordinary volcanic formations, this natural treasure is bordered to the south by the Awash River and lies 225 kilometers east of the capital, Addis Ababa.
		Ethiopia is often referred to as the 'water tower' of eastern Africa because of the many rivers that pour off its high tableland, and a visit to this part of the Rift Valley, studded with lakes, volcanoes and savannah grassland, offers the visitor a true safari experience.
	www.selamta.net /national_parks.htm (1112 words)

	America's Finest Rivers Awash With Raw Sewage
		But now the Fraser River on which the President spent his afternoons fishing the cold, clear waters is imperiled like never before.
		The Fraser River forms in the snowfields of the nation's continental divide and flows 30 miles to the north and west before it joins the Colorado River, itself little more than a mountain stream at that stage.
		The source of the river is close to Cooperstown, and from there it flows 444 miles before broadening into a vast tidal estuary at Havre de Grace in Maryland.
	www.rense.com /general64/awash.htm (938 words)

	Ethiopian Airlines - Land of Timeless Appeal - Wild Ethiopia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lying in the lowlands east of Addis Ababa and astriding the Awash River, the Awash National Park is one of the finest reserves in Ethiopia.
		The dramatic Awash Falls, where the river tumbles into a gorge, is a sight not to be missed.
		Awash National Park, surrounding the dormant volcano of Fantale, is a reserve of arid and semi-arid woodland and savannah, with riverain forests along the Awash River.
	www.flyethiopian.com /ethiopia/wildlife.aspx (789 words)

	Ethiopia -- Entotto to the River Baro
		Thus we see that with the exception of the Awash, which flows in the direction of the Red Sea and is lost in the sand, all the other waters belong to the two main tributaries of the Nile, to the basins of the Sobat and the Abbay.
		The latter extends from the Awash River to the Baro River in the west and from Abbay to Kaffa in the south.
		The first occupy the territory between the Kassam and Awash Rivers; the second are found to the south of the Abbay River and to the west of the upper Awash.
	www.samizdat.com /entotto.html (23831 words)

	The Journal Times Online
		The Root River has hosted a colorful spring migration for decades, as the chrome and crimson fish known as steelhead move up its runs and riffles in search of a place to spawn.
		But the river now increasingly bears a seasonal run of sportsmen and women, drawn to the Root for its drops and dips and pools.
		Smage says he comes to the river "whenever the water's up." That means several times a week in the late winter and early spring, then again in the summer after thunderstorms.
	www.journaltimes.com /articles/2004/03/05/local_sports/outdoors/iq_2748563.txt (1010 words)

	Awash in the need to heal
		The cities alternate holding Kumbh Mela, but the festival in Allahabad, 360 miles east of New Delhi, is considered the most blessed because it lies near the confluence of rivers considered sacred by Hindus: the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati.
		By 2 a.m., men, women and children had gathered by the river, some of the men arriving naked or stripped to their underwear and some women with shaved heads.
		Many had ash or sandalwood paste on their foreheads and were slipping offerings of money or food to beggars along the shore.
	www.freep.com /news/religion/india10_20010110.htm (405 words)

	National Parks of Ethiopia
		Located in the lowlands 225 km east of Addis Ababa, the south boundary of the park is formed by the Awash river which swings North soon after leaving the park and eventually disappears into the Afar (Danakil) region.
		The wildlife of Awash reflects its dry nature, at all places and all times it is possible to see its population of mammals such as the Beisa Oryx, Soemmerrings Gazelle and Wild Pigs are common.
		Crocodile and Hippopotamus are seen both in the Awash river and in the cooler parts of the hot springs and rivers in the north.
	www.africaguide.com /country/ethiopia/parks.htm (1748 words)

	KariB Awash jump
		The river, once calm and soothing, was now a thundering torrent, carrying prickly vines, palm trees and logs as big as telephone poles toward us.
		Although the river had receded somewhat, we were no longer able to cut across the riverbed as we had the day before in order to avoid the densely overgrown patches of trail along the embankment.
		The path eventually led away from the river, along narrow, slippery ledges that hadn’t seemed as treacherous with boots.
	www.karib.us /awash_in_the_jungle_jump.htm (2613 words)

	South Route - Hess
		The Awash River falls enclosed within the 850 Km square area of the Awash National Park.
		The Honest Awash river, as it is mostly referred to, starts and ends in Ethiopia.
		The Awash river waters most of the arid parts of the country and finally sinks into the sand.
	www.hesstravelethiopia.com /SouthRoute.htm (861 words)

	America's Finest Rivers Awash With Raw Sewage
		Tuolumne river San Francisco authorities plan a pipeline that could increase the water it drains from the Tuolumne by 70 per cent.
		Price river Authorities in Central Utah are under pressure to build a new dam and reservoir to divert water from Price River communities and pipe it to others.
		Skykomish river Runaway development threatens to foul the clear waters of the Skykomish river, known for its rural quality of life.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines05/0414-01.htm (936 words)

	Itineraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Awash National Park: Lying in the lowlands east of Addis Ababa, and astride the Awash River, is one of the finest reserves in Ethiopia.
		Awash National Park, surrounding the dormant volcano of Fantale, is a reserve of arid and semi-arid woodland and savannah, with riverside forests along the Awash.
		Along the river bank of Omo Valley you will visit the Gamo, Konso, Tsemay, Benna, Ari, Mursi, Karo, Geleb, Hammer, Erborie, Borenna, Sidama and the Oromo people and their different styles of living including the tremendousness variety of bird, plant and animal species inhabited in and out of the Omo and Mago National Parks.
	www.rohatours.com /Itineraries.htm (1068 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lying in the lowlands east of Addis Ababa, and striding the Awash River,
		The Awash River, one of the major rivers of the Horn of Africa, waters important agricultural lands in the north- eastern part of Ethiopia and eventually flows into the wilderness of Danakil Depression.
		The bird life is prolific specially along the river and in amongst the 392 species recorded.
	www.mycogsm.com /mycotravel/ethiopia.htm (540 words)

	Major Tourist Attractions
		The River Nile, the longest river in Africa, in Ethiopia.
		Formed by the Wabi River as it changed its course in the distant past and carved out a new channel through limestone foothills, the Sof Omar systems is an extraordinary natural phenomenon of breathtaking beauty.
		However, a new airstrip is available close to the HQ and a pleasant campsite on the Mui River – plans are in hand for further major improvements.
	www.ethioembassy.org.uk /tourism/contents/attractions.htm (1712 words)

	Rafting Ethiopia an extreme adventure
		Floating down Ethiopias Omo River, a wild, beautiful remnant of Stanleys-Dark Continent, is like traveling a thousand years back in time, the people who live along the river are still among the most remote and least-visited people on earth.
		Away from the river, above the forest, a shelf of hippo-grazed savannah slopes gently toward the mountain wall, a good place for waterbuck and bushbuck in the occasional thicket, as well as Abyssinian ground hornbills.
		Bordering the Awash national park, a 28 kilometer (17 mile) stretch of the Awash river offer a superb one or two-day trip featuring lots of spirited rapids, wildlife and impressive rugged cliffs and side canyons.
	www.ethiopiatravel.com /rafting_eng.htm (1659 words)

	Part 11 - Ethiopia
		Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) – several in the small ponds near the Awash River on the road from Lake Langano to Addis Ababa.
		6 in the small ponds near the Awash River on the road from Lake Langano to Addis Ababa.
		Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori struthiunculus) – several seen in Awash NP north of the main road, and common in Nechisar NP.
	www.geocities.com /giles_mulholland/trip03k.html (4323 words)

	BETUMI . African Cuisine
		Owner Bogolech Marrero named her restaurant after the Awash River, a tributary of the Blue Nile.
		She explained that she always crosses the Awash as she nears home on her trips back to Ethiopia.
		She must have been successful, as The Village Voice in 2000 declared Awash to have the Best Ethiopian Vegetarian Plate, and in 2002 the restaurant was listed among The TONY Top 100 (in the 6th Annual Eat Out Awards).
	www.betumi.com /lib/awash.html (619 words)

	::KIBRAN TOUR & TRAVEL ETHIOPIA:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Awash Valley, Harar, Dire Dawa and The Bale Mountain
		This region is located in the Southeast, towards the territory of the proud Afrar tribes, whose members you will meet along the road with their camel caravans, and in the lively, colorful marketplaces.
		The Awash Valley National Park, where the Awash river runs through a spectacular gorge-- this is one of the rivers of Ethiopia which never flows into the sea.
	www.kibrantour.com /english/awash.htm (294 words)

	Situation Report on Region 2 (Afar National Regional State)
		After a long period of heavy rains in the central highlands, the rivers feeding the Koka Reservoir, mainly the River Awash, carried way above average amounts of water, bringing the reservoir dangerously close to its maximum capacity.
		A UN inter agency mission (UNDP-EUE, WFP, UNICEF) was organised to undertake a preliminary assessment of the situation in the Nazareth-Wonji-Area.
		Trucks were bringing more soil and people were seen busy preparing more sand bags in order to enforce the protective wall around the station, which appeared to be at a critically lower level than the waters on the other side of the sand bag wall.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /eue_web/awash29aug.htm (1515 words)

	EO Natural Hazards: Flooding along the Awash River in Ethiopia
		Swollen by heavy rains, Awash River in northeast Ethiopia flooded 19,480 square kilometers of land.
		The MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite captured this false color image of the swollen river on August 24, 2003 (top).
		The Awash river is the bright green and blue line snaking through the center of the image.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11663 (162 words)

	Programmi Safari - Rocky Valley Safary Etiopia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The hot springs, lake Beseka and the gorge formed by the Awash river are some of the important features.
		Lie in the south west of the country, on either side of the river close to the Ethio-Kenyan border.
		The Omo National park could be reached crossing the river with the help of rafts usually in the non-rainy season.
	www.ethiopiarvs.com /engprograms2.htm (504 words)

	Awash
		Over the past half century, pastoralists and nomads living besides the Awash River in Ethiopia's magnificent Rift Valley have gradually lost access to their traditional grazing lands as a result of large-scale agricultural development.
		Increasingly, they have had to rely on the grasslands within the Awash National Park and today, more than two thirds of the park is permanently occupied by people and their livestock.
		Ethiopia's Awash National Park is facing major conflicts between biodiversity conservation and the livelihood needs of the local pastoralist communities.
	cdc.ie /Awash.htm (458 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Afar Region: A deeper crisis looms
		Besides pastoralism and agriculture along the Awash River, the regional economy is polarised by the transit road to Djibouti port to import and export goods leading through the Afar Region.
		The Issa want to control the main Awash-Logiya road and gain access to Awash River and are willing to take their revenge from the battle in Boromodaitou six months ago, which forced them to set back behind the hills located on the eastern side of the road.
		Water levels are low in the Awash River and in the canals downstream of Dubti.
	www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/9ca65951ee22658ec125663300408599/a55845b9746369cbc1256c7500413a66?OpenDocument (4907 words)

	ToursMain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Continue to Mojo and to Koka Dam where the Awash River is harnessed to provide hydro electric power.
		The Awash River flows through the resort and Hippos could be seen.
		South West of Addis Ababa on the Addis Butajira road on the bank of the upper Awash River.
	www.destinationethiopiatours.com /ToursMain.htm (2028 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Awash River Floods Kill 9 People, Leave Over 30,000 Homeless
		Floods killed 9 people and left over 30,000others homeless in Danakil Lowlands of north-east central Ethiopia, when the Awash River broke its banks at the weekend and inundated a wide area of Dubti Woreda district in the A far regional state, national television reported.
		The television showed film footage Saturday night of the flooded areas of Dubti-Assaita localities, some 600 km Northeast of Addis Ababa, as officials of the regional state and the federal relief agency were inspecting the extent of the damage aboard an air force helicopter.
		Relief food and plastic sheetings for use as shelter for the homeless were being distributed Sunday as part of the efforts that began on Friday.
	www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5/b1181389275f7e9a8525693f0070e4ca?OpenDocument (296 words)

	Green Land Tours and Travel, services with utmost satisfaction in Ethiopia
		Awash National Park is geographically located in the main rift valley system.
		The Awash river crosses the park and is home to Hippopotamus and crocodiles.
		In the park, numbers of low land birds such as king fishers, emerald spotted wood dove, secretary bird, fish and tawny eagles, francolins and other about 300 species of birds can be noted.
	www.greenlandethiopia.com /np.htm (1072 words)

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