This is a list of

streams A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long, large stream ...

and

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

s in

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

, arranged geographically by drainage basin. Generally, rivers in Eritrea are divided into three groups: those that drain into

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

, towards the

Red Sea The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and th ...

and towards the Afar Depression. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article.

Flowing into the Mediterranean

*''Nile (Egypt, Sudan)'' **''Atbarah River (Sudan)'' *** Mareb River (or Gash River) (only reaches the Atbarah in times of flood) **** Obel River ***

Tekezé River The Tekezé River (; , originally meaning "river" in Ge’ez; , also spelled Takkaze; ), is a major river in Ethiopia. For part of its course it forms a section of the westernmost border of Ethiopia and Eritrea. The river is also known as the Seti ...

Rivers Flowing into the Red Sea

* Barka River ** Anseba River *** Zara River *** Koka River *** Fah River ** Mogoraib River ** Langeb River * Damas River * Gonfale River * Wokiro River ** Wadi Laba River * Haddas River ** Aligide River *** Barosio River *** Guwa River ** Comaile River ** Saato River

Alphabetic list

* Aligide River - Anseba River * Barka River - Barosio River * Comaile River * Damas River * Fah River - Falkat River * Gonfale River - Guwa River * Haddas River * Koka River * Lebka River - Lalake River - Langeb River * Mareb River - Mogoraib River * Obel River * Regali River * Saato River *

* Wadi Laba River - Wokiro River * Zara River

Flowing into the Mediterranean

Rivers Flowing into the Red Sea

Alphabetic list

See also