Blue Nile Falls

Today I am back to a set of waterfalls that I have been to, the Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia. These, along with Murchison Falls in Uganda are the largest in the whole Nile river system. the Blue Nile Falls are only 30km from the source of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana in northern Ethiopia. The Blue Nile Falls are 45 meters high and can be very powerful with rainy season flow as seen above. Generally though, the falls have minimal flow as a hydro-electric generating project nearby diverts most of the flow the rest of the year. The picture below is one I took and shows the main portion of the falls as I saw them. This photo below is another good example of showing the size of these falls, which can be over 400 meters wide as they fall into the gorge. As you can see on the extreme right of the photo the cliff face continues even further. The more water flowing over the falls, the wider it gets.