The Meki is a river in central
Oromia
Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...
, Ethiopia. It empties into
Hora-Dambal
Lake Ziway, also known as Hora-Dambal or Dambal (Oromo language, Oromo: ''Hora Dambal'', Amharic language, Amharic: ዟይ ሐይቅ), is one of the freshwater Rift Valley lakes of Ethiopia. It is the home of the Zay people. Located about 100 mi ...
.
O.G.S. Crawford
Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford (28 October 1886 – 28 November 1957) was a British archaeologist who specialised in the archaeology of prehistoric Britain and Sudan. A keen proponent of aerial archaeology, he spent most of his career as t ...
identifies the Meki with a river on a map which was drawn in 1662 (there named "Machy") to illustrate
Manuel de Almeida's history of Ethiopia. Crawford explains that the cartographer learned of this stream from the Jesuit missionaries residing in Ethiopia at the time of Emperor
Susenyos.
[O.G.S. Crawford]
"Some Medieval Theories about the Nile", ''Geographical Journal''
114 (1949), p. 19f
See also
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List of rivers of Ethiopia
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 G ...
References
Rivers of Ethiopia
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
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