Atbara

Related Category: African Physical Geography

(ăt´bärä), river, NE Africa, rising in NW Ethiopia and flowing c.500 mi (800 km) to the Nile in Sudan. There are few permanent settlements along its banks. The Atbara's water level is very low, except during the rainy season (from June to October). The river is called the Takazze in its early stages in Ethiopia and the Setit in W Ethiopia and E Sudan.