The Kulfo River is a river in southern Ethiopia that rises in the western escarpment of the Main Ethiopian Rift in the Guge mountains .
3-550: It flows through Arba Minch and then through the Nechisar National Park on the isthmus between Lake Chamo and Lake Abaya . It usually drains into Lake Chamo but can also drain into Lake Abaya after heavy rains through a bifurcation located directly southwest of Arba Minch Airport . The lower reaches of the Kulfo River act as the spillway for Lake Abaya into Lake Chamo in case of high lake levels. The overflow point
6-416: Is 20 meters wide near its mouth, with a slope gradient of 10 m/km. The average diameter of the bed material is 14 mm ( gravel ). The river transports 53,480 tonnes of bedload and 327,230 tonnes of suspended sediment annually to Lake Chamo . Cytotaxonomic analysis of larval chromosomes from the Kulfo River area has revealed the existence of two newly recognized species of Black flies in
9-420: Is directly below an alluvial fan at an elevation of 1,190 m (at 6°00′39″N 37°35′07″E / 6.0109°N 37.5854°E / 6.0109; 37.5854 ). The riverbed then discharges the excess lake water into Lake Chamo . An important bridge over the river was restored in 2006. The river has dried out considerably in recent years. It is a braided river , with a catchment area of 300 km. It
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