Ruvu River
The Ruvu River is a river in eastern Tanzania. The Ruvu River originates in the southern Uluguru Mountains and flows eastwards to empty into the Indian Ocean near Bagamoyo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Kingoni”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagamoyo.
Bagamoyo
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagamoyo is a historic coastal town and capital of Bagamoyo District in the Pwani Region of Tanzania. Much of the settlement was founded at the end of the 18th century, though it is an extension of a much older Swahili settlement, Kaole.
Ruvu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Coast, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Ruvu River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Ruvu”
- Cebuano: “Ruvu River”
- Chinese: “鲁武河”
- French: “Ruvu”
- German: “Ruvu (Pwani)”
- German: “Ruvu”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ρούβου”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ruvu”
- Italian: “Ruvu”
- Russian: “Кингани”
- Russian: “Руву”
- Spanish: “Rio Ruvu”
- Spanish: “Río Ruvu”
- Swahili: “Ruvu”
- Welsh: “Afon Ruvu”
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Highlights include Ras Nunge and Kaole Ruins.
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