Borkana River

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Borkana River is a river of central Ethiopia. A tributary of the Awash on the left side, the Borkana joins its parent stream at 10°37′N 40°30′E / 10.617°N 40.500°E / 10.617; 40.500Coordinates: 10°37′N 40°30′E / 10.617°N 40.500°E / 10.617; 40.500. Johann Ludwig Krapf records that it was called "Tshaffa" by the local Oromo people.[1]

See also

  • Rivers of Ethiopia

References

  1. ↑ Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, (London, 1843), p. 83


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