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{{About|the river in Ethiopia|the dam in Somalia|Ganale Doria}}
{{Infobox river
| name              = Ganale Doria River
| native_name ={{native name|so|Webiga Janaale}}
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| image_caption     = Map of the Jubba/Shebelle drainage basin
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| mouth_location    = [[Jubba River]]
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ethiopia]]
| length_km = 858
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The '''Ganale Doria River''' ({{langx|so|Webiga Janaale}}) (also transliterated as '''Genale Dorya''') is a [[perennial river]] in southeastern [[Ethiopia]]. Rising in the mountains east of [[Aleta Wendo]], the Ganale flows south and east to join with the [[Dawa River|Dawa]] at the border with [[Somalia]] to become the [[Jubba River|Jubba]]. The river's [[Tributary|tributaries]] include the [[Welmel River|Welmel]], [[Weyib River|Weyib]] (also known as Gestro), Dumale, Doya, Hawas and the Hambala. The [[Del Verme Falls]] is a notable feature of its middle course.
According to materials published by the Ethiopian [[Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)|Central Statistical Agency]], the Ganale has a total length of {{convert|858|km|mi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|480|km|mi|abbr=on}} are inside that country.<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=184&format=raw&Itemid=466 "Climate, 2008 National Statistics (Abstract)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113215000/http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=184&format=raw&Itemid=466 |date=November 13, 2010 }}, Table A.1. Central Statistical Agency website (accessed 26 December 2009)</ref>
The Ethiopian [[Ministry of Water Resources (Ethiopia)|Ministry of Water Resources]], describes the catchment area of the Ganale Dorya-Dawa river basin as {{convert|171050|km2|abbr=on}} in size, with an annual runoff of {{convert|5.80|e9m3}}, and specific discharge of {{convert|1.2|L/s}} per square kilometre.<ref>[http://www.mowr.gov.et/attachmentfiles/Downloads/Water%20Sector%20Development%20Program%20Vol.2.doc "Water Sector Development Program: Main Report, Volume II"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151419/http://www.mowr.gov.et/attachmentfiles/Downloads/Water%20Sector%20Development%20Program%20Vol.2.doc |date=2011-07-20 }}, Ethiopia Ministry of Water Resources (2002), p. 12</ref> The catchment area is estimated as having the potential to irrigate {{convert|1070|km2|abbr=on}}, and to generate 9270 gigawatt-hours per year.<ref>[http://www.mowr.gov.et/rbmpofetiopiatblparametrs.htm "Nature and Features of the Ethiopian River Basins: Table 6.1, Simple Parameters Indicating the Potential of the Basin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151538/http://www.mowr.gov.et/rbmpofetiopiatblparametrs.htm |date=2011-07-20 }}, Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources (accessed 12 February 2009)</ref>
The river Ganale was renamed Ganale Doria by the Italian explorer [[Vittorio Bottego]] after the Italian biologist [[Giacomo Doria]].<ref>V. Bottego, ''Il Giuba esplorato'', Rome, 1895; [[A. Donaldson Smith]], ''Through unknown African Countries'', London, 1897; [[I. N. Dracopoli]], ''Through Jubaland to the Lorian Swamp'', London, 1914; C. Citerni and L. Vannutelli, ''L'Omo. Viaggio di esplorazione nell'Africa orientale'', Milan, 1899; Regio Governo della Somalia Italiana, ''Il Giuba'', Turin, s. a. [1926]; id., ''La Vallata del Giuba'', Turin, s. a. [1927]; Commissariato generale dell'Oltre Giuba, ''Notizie sul territorio di riva destra del Giuba'', Rome, 1927.</ref>
The Genale Doria is historically important because it served as the boundary between [[Sidamo Province|Sidamo]] and [[Bale Province, Ethiopia|Bale Province]]s. The confluence of the Ganale Doria with the Dawa is notable as the starting point for the boundary between Ethiopia and [[Kenya]] to the west, and the starting point for the boundary between Ethiopia and Somalia to the east.<ref>See, for example, [http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf "Ethiopia – Kenya Boundary"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318063413/http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/IBS152.pdf |date=2009-03-18 }}, U.S. State Department International Boundary Study, No. 152 – October 15, 1975</ref> In 1936, the [[Battle of Genale Doria]] was fought to the south of the river's course.
== Notes ==
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{{Rivers of Ethiopia}}
[[Category:Jubba River]]
[[Category:Bale Mountains]]
[[Category:Ethiopian Highlands]]
[[Category:Geography of Oromia]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Ethiopia]]
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