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[[File:Blue Nile Falls-03, by CT Snow.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Blue Nile Falls]] |
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The '''Blue Nile Falls''' is a [[waterfall]] on the [[Blue Nile]] river in [[Ethiopia]]. |
The '''Blue Nile Falls''' is a [[waterfall]] on the [[Blue Nile]] river in West Gojjam, Amhara Region, [[Ethiopia]]. It is known as '''Tis Abay''' in [[Amharic]], meaning 'great smoke'. It is situated on the upper course of the river, about {{convert|30|km|miles}} downstream from the town of [[Bahir Dar]] and [[Lake Tana]]. The falls are one of Ethiopia's best-known tourist attractions. |
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The falls are {{convert|42|m|feet}} high,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blue Nile Falls {{!}} Tis Abay {{!}} Brilliant Ethiopia {{!}} Brilliant Ethiopia|url=https://brilliant-ethiopia.com/regions/blue-nile-falls|access-date=2020-10-10|website=brilliant-ethiopia.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> consisting of four streams that vary from a trickle in the dry season to over 400 meters wide in the rainy season. Regulation of Lake Tana now reduces the variation somewhat, and since 2003 a hydro-electric station has taken much of the flow out of the falls except during the rainy season.<ref>Matt Philips and Jean-Bernard Carillet, ''Ethiopia and Eritrea'', third edition (n.p.: Lonely Planet, 2006), p. 118</ref> The Blue Nile Falls isolate the ecology of Lake Tana from the ecology of the rest of the Nile, and this isolation has played a role in the evolution of the endemic fauna of the lake.<ref>[http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details.php?eco=526 "526: Lake Tana"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005203717/http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details.php?eco=526 |date=5 October 2011 }}, Freshwater ecosystems of the world website (accessed 11 November 2009)</ref> |
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A short distance downstream from the falls sits the first stone bridge constructed in Ethiopia, built at the command of Emperor [[Susenyos of Ethiopia|Susenyos]] in 1626. According to [[Manuel de Almeida]], stone for making [[Lime (mineral)|lime]] had been found nearby along the tributary Alata, and a craftsman who had come from [[India]] with [[Afonso Mendes]], the |
A short distance downstream from the falls sits the first stone bridge constructed in Ethiopia, built at the command of Emperor [[Susenyos of Ethiopia|Susenyos]] in 1626. According to [[Manuel de Almeida]], stone for making [[Lime (mineral)|lime]] had been found nearby along the Blue Nile tributary Alata, and a craftsman who had come from [[India]] with [[Afonso Mendes]], the Catholic Patriarch of Ethiopia, supervised the construction.<ref>[[C.F. Beckingham]] and [[G.W.B. Huntingford]], ''Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646'' (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), pp. 26f</ref> |
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[[File:Blue Nile falls in 2018 dry season.jpg|thumb|Blue Nile falls in 2018 dry season]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{Commons category|Portuguese Bridge, Tis Issat}} |
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[[File:ET Bahir Dar asv2018-02 img12 Tis Issat.jpg|thumb|Stone bridge over the Nile]] |
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 12 April 2024
The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in West Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning 'great smoke'. It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana. The falls are one of Ethiopia's best-known tourist attractions.
The falls are 42 metres (138 ft) high,[1] consisting of four streams that vary from a trickle in the dry season to over 400 meters wide in the rainy season. Regulation of Lake Tana now reduces the variation somewhat, and since 2003 a hydro-electric station has taken much of the flow out of the falls except during the rainy season.[2] The Blue Nile Falls isolate the ecology of Lake Tana from the ecology of the rest of the Nile, and this isolation has played a role in the evolution of the endemic fauna of the lake.[3]
A short distance downstream from the falls sits the first stone bridge constructed in Ethiopia, built at the command of Emperor Susenyos in 1626. According to Manuel de Almeida, stone for making lime had been found nearby along the Blue Nile tributary Alata, and a craftsman who had come from India with Afonso Mendes, the Catholic Patriarch of Ethiopia, supervised the construction.[4]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blue Nile Falls.
- ^ "Blue Nile Falls | Tis Abay | Brilliant Ethiopia | Brilliant Ethiopia". brilliant-ethiopia.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Matt Philips and Jean-Bernard Carillet, Ethiopia and Eritrea, third edition (n.p.: Lonely Planet, 2006), p. 118
- ^ "526: Lake Tana" Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Freshwater ecosystems of the world website (accessed 11 November 2009)
- ^ C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), pp. 26f
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