Great Ruaha River

The Great Ruaha River is a river in south-central that flows through the Usangu wetlands and the east into the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Tanzania
  • Also known as: Great Ruhua” and “River Ruaha

Great Ruaha River

Latitude
-7.92641° or 7° 55′ 35″ south
Longitude
37.79643° or 37° 47′ 47″ east
Elevation
147 metres (482 feet)
Open location code
6G4V3QFW+CH
Geo­Names ID
159772
Wiki­data ID
Q1861088
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Satellite Map

Discover Great Ruaha River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Great Ruaha River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر رواها الكبير
  • Asturian: Ríu Great Ruaha
  • Bulgarian: Руаха
  • Cebuano: Great Ruaha River
  • Chinese: 大魯阿哈河
  • Chinese: 大鲁阿哈河
  • Croatian: Ruaha
  • Czech: Ruaha
  • Czech: Rwaha
  • Czech: Velká Ruaha
  • Dutch: Great Ruaha River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر روها العظيم
  • French: Ruaha
  • German: Großer Ruaha
  • German: Ruaha
  • Irish: Abhainn Great Ruaha
  • Italian: Great Ruaha
  • Japanese: グレートルアハ川
  • Kinyarwanda: Umugezi munini wa Ruaha
  • Kotava: Ruaha (kuksa)
  • Kotava: Ruaha
  • Lithuanian: Didžioji Ruaha
  • Lithuanian: Ruaha
  • Malayalam: ഗ്രേറ്റ് രുഅഹ നദി
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ruaha
  • Polish: Great Ruaha
  • Polish: Ruaha
  • Romanian: Râul Great Ruaha
  • Russian: Большая Руаха
  • Russian: Руаха
  • Spanish: Rio Gran Ruaha
  • Spanish: Río Gran Ruaha
  • Swahili: Mto Ruaha
  • Swahili: Ruaha Mkubwa
  • Swahili: Ruaha Mkuu
  • Ukrainian: Руаха
  • Welsh: Afon Great Ruaha

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