The
Bilate is a river of south-central
Ethiopia. It rises on the southwestern slopes of
Mount Gurage near , flowing south along the western side of the
Great Rift Valley, to empty into
Lake Abaya at . David Buxton recorded its importance as defining the boundary between the Sidamo district on the eastern side, and the Wolaita district on the western; he also describes finding a weekly market beside a ford named Dinto.