The Omo-river in southern Ethiopia is the largest river in Ethiopia outside the Nile Basin.
The river is located entirely on the Ethiopian border and is bordered by Lake Turkana.
The river basin was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980, thanks to the discovery of ancient human fossils with their stone tools.
The Omo River is the confluence of the Gibe River and is by far the largest river in the Omo River and the largest river on the left bank of the Omo River.
Omo and Gibe are similar in size and length. There are also scholars who claim that they were called by different names.
This river divides part of western Oromia and between the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region.
According to the Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency, the Omo-River is 760 km long.
The Omo-River formed the eastern boundary of the former provinces of Janjero and Garo.
Omo also split the Mago and Omo National Parks, known for their wildlife.
Many animals live near the river. Hippos, crocodiles, and venomous snakes.
The Omo River Basin is also an important geological and archeological site.
More than 50,000 fossils have been found in the Lower Omo Valley. More than 230 hominid fossils have been recovered from their stone tools. These
They were 2.4 million years ago.
The first archaeological finds in the area were made by French citizens in 1901
The most important discoveries were made by the International Archaeological Team between 1967 and 1975.
The team found the jaw and various other objects of an Austrolopitheist, estimated to be 2.5 million years old.
Archaeologists have unearthed fossils of ancient Olduwa hominids.
Shortly after finding quartz from the river, they discovered fossils of Homo sapiens.
The excavation was carried out by a joint French-American team.
And this is not all. In addition to the ancient Hominid fossils in the Omo Basin, various mammals and fish fossils have been found in the Omo Valley.
The lower valley of the Omo is currently believed by some to have been a crossroads for thousands of years as various cultures and ethnic groups migrated around the region
To this day, the people of the Lower Valley of the Omo, including the Mursi, Suri, Nyangatom, Dizi and Me'en, are studied for their diversity.
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