Lorian Swamp
The Lorian Swamp is an area of wetlands on the Ewaso Ngiro river in Isiolo North, Kenya. The swampy zone is 196 kilometres long and has a greatest width of 25 kilometres, covering an area of 231,000 hectares.- Type: Swamp
- Description: swamp of Kenya
- Also known as: “Lorain Swamp”
Lorian Swamp
- Categories: marsh and body of water
- Location: Garissa County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.90426° or 0° 54′ 15″ north
Longitude
39.51155° or 39° 30′ 42″ east
Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)
Open location code
6GGXWG36+PJ
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tswana—“Lorian Swamp” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lorian Swamp”
- Chinese: “洛里安沼澤”
- Danish: “Loriansumpen”
- French: “Lorian Swamp”
- German: “Lorian Swamp”
- Hausa: “Yankin Lorian”
- Igbo: “Apịtị Lorian”
- Somali: “Dhul biyoodka Lorian”
- Swedish: “Lorian Swamp”
- Tswana: “Mogobe wa Lorian”
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