Guelta d’Archei
The Guelta d'Archei is one of the most famous gueltas in the Sahara. It is located in the Ennedi Plateau, in north-eastern Chad, south-east of the town of Fada.- Type: Pond
- Description: landform
- Also known as: “D’Arčėjaus guelta”, “Арве”, “Вади-Арве”, “Вади-Аршей”, “Вади-Хорунгуру”, “Хорунгуру”, and “واحة آرشي”
Guelta d’Archei
- Categories: wadi, guelta, and body of water
- Location: Ennedi-Ouest Region, Chad, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
16.90405° or 16° 54′ 15″ north
Longitude
21.77377° or 21° 46′ 26″ east
Elevation
659 metres (2,162 feet)
Open location code
7G83WQ3F+JG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=pond
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Guelta d’Archei” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلتة آرشي”
- Arabic: “قلتة أرشي”
- Cebuano: “Ouadi Archeï”
- Danish: “Guelta d’Archei”
- Dutch: “Guelta d’Archei”
- Esperanto: “Gelto d’Archei”
- French: “Guelta d’Archei”
- French: “Guelta d’Archeï”
- German: “Guelta d’Archei”
- Hebrew: “גולטה ד’ארשי”
- Hungarian: “Guelta d’Archei”
- Italian: “Guelta d’Archei”
- Japanese: “アルシェイのゲルタ”
- Korean: “구엘타 다르쉐”
- Lithuanian: “D’Arčėjaus gelta”
- Portuguese: “Guelta de Archei”
- Russian: “Аршей”
- Spanish: “Guelta de Archei”
- Turkish: “Guelta d’Archei”
- Ukrainian: “Гельта д’Аршей”
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