page_title: May Gabat
section_title: Boulders and pebbles in the river bed
hierarchical_section_title: May Gabat / Boulders and pebbles in the river bed
caption_attribution_description: English: Maryam Bahrawti in Mereb Mi'iti
context_page_description: May Gabat is a river of northern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains of Inderta, it flows westward to Giba River which empties finally in the Tekezé River. The Gereb Segen reservoir has been built on this river in 2016, mainly for providing Mekelle with potable water.
context_section_description: Boulders and pebbles encountered in the river bed can originate from any location higher up in the catchment. In the uppermost stretches of the river, only rock fragments of the upper lithological units will be present in the river bed, whereas more downstream one may find a more comprehensive mix of all lithologies crossed by the river. From upstream to downstream, the following lithological units occur in the catchment.
  Amba Aradam Formation
  Antalo Limestone
  Mekelle Dolerite
  Quaternary freshwater tufa
  Adigrat Sandstone
caption: Maryam Bahrawti church forest in the headwaters of May Gabat. The river passes a tufa dam with a waterfall
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