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described the Reb in 1936 as bringing "down quantities of dark sand, and we passed banks of it deposited on the lake shore. The river bar, 600 yards out in the lake, is a semicircle, and parties of travellers with loaded donkeys were passing round it instead of crossing the river." Merchants based in
135:. The five arches bridge]was built by the Italian Government in 1939. It was designed by my father Ottavio Zappa. I have in my possession the original photograph of the bridge that is now posted at the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Osvaldo Zappa p. During the 185: 139:, the Italians built a stone bridge over the river and was not a wooden one as is claimed and was not damaged during the British campaign. Osvaldo Zappa 146:
announced that it had approved an International Development Association credit of US$ 100 million for an Irrigation and Drainage project covering the
154:. With the goal of increasing irrigated agricultural output, this proposed project will develop incrementally a total area of 20,000 hectares. 276: 91: 39: 127:. The river consisting of five arches, it was located 24 kilometers (15 mi) from the estuary and enabled travel between 182: 300: 269: 310: 262: 305: 163: 295: 151: 124: 8: 136: 119:
The Reb was also the site of one of several stone bridges built during the time of the
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The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 12 January 2008)
109: 95: 205:(Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie University, 1968), p. 297 245:This article related to a river in Ethiopia is a 287: 28:"bottom, buttocks") is a river of north-central 230:, World Bank website (accessed 14 October 2010) 270: 277: 263: 218:(Trenton: Red Sea Press, 2005), pp. 95ff. 67:. The river originates on the slopes of 288: 78:. It has no significant tributaries. 240: 13: 14: 322: 150:and Reb rivers, as part of the 221: 208: 195: 176: 1: 216:History of the City of Gondar 123:missionaries or the reign of 81: 249:. You can help Knowledge by 203:Economic History of Ethiopia 7: 183:"Local History in Ethiopia" 157: 10: 327: 239: 112:on the lake to trade for 71:, and flows west through 301:Tributaries of Lake Tana 169: 164:List of Ethiopian rivers 94:would transport bars of 20:(also transliterated as 152:Nile Basin Initiative 142:On 21 June 2007, the 311:Ethiopia river stubs 201:Richard Pankhurst, 51: /  32:which empties into 306:Rivers of Ethiopia 188:2011-05-28 at the 137:Italian occupation 104:in small boats or 258: 257: 214:Solomon Getahun, 55:12.033°N 37.583°E 318: 279: 272: 265: 241: 231: 225: 219: 212: 206: 199: 193: 180: 108:down the Reb to 66: 65: 63: 62: 61: 56: 52: 49: 48: 47: 44: 326: 325: 321: 320: 319: 317: 316: 315: 286: 285: 284: 283: 237: 235: 234: 226: 222: 213: 209: 200: 196: 190:Wayback Machine 181: 177: 172: 160: 84: 59: 57: 53: 50: 45: 42: 40: 38: 37: 12: 11: 5: 324: 314: 313: 308: 303: 298: 282: 281: 274: 267: 259: 256: 255: 233: 232: 220: 207: 194: 174: 173: 171: 168: 167: 166: 159: 156: 83: 80: 60:12.033; 37.583 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 323: 312: 309: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 296:Amhara Region 294: 293: 291: 280: 275: 273: 268: 266: 261: 260: 254: 252: 248: 243: 242: 238: 229: 224: 217: 211: 204: 198: 191: 187: 184: 179: 175: 165: 162: 161: 155: 153: 149: 145: 140: 138: 134: 130: 126: 122: 117: 115: 111: 107: 103: 102: 97: 93: 88: 87:R.E. Cheesman 79: 77: 74: 70: 64: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 251:expanding it 244: 236: 223: 215: 210: 202: 197: 178: 141: 118: 105: 99: 85: 21: 17: 15: 133:Debre Tabor 58: / 290:Categories 144:World Bank 82:Background 69:Mount Guna 125:Fasilides 34:Lake Tana 186:Archived 158:See also 30:Ethiopia 106:tankwas 73:Kemekem 46:37°35′E 26:Amharic 148:Magech 129:Gondar 121:Jesuit 114:coffee 101:amoleh 76:woreda 43:12°2′N 170:Notes 92:Yifag 247:stub 131:and 110:Zege 96:salt 16:The 98:or 36:at 22:Rib 18:Reb 292:: 116:. 24:; 278:e 271:t 264:v 253:.

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Amharic
Ethiopia
Lake Tana
12°2′N 37°35′E / 12.033°N 37.583°E / 12.033; 37.583
Mount Guna
Kemekem
woreda
R.E. Cheesman
Yifag
salt
amoleh
Zege
coffee
Jesuit
Fasilides
Gondar
Debre Tabor
Italian occupation
World Bank
Magech
Nile Basin Initiative
List of Ethiopian rivers
"Local History in Ethiopia"
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Ethiopia Receives Assistance for Irrigation and Drainage Project"
stub
expanding it
v
t

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