Magech River
The Magech River is a river of Ethiopia. It rises just off the city of Gondar, and flows south into Lake Tana in two branches. Its tributaries include the Dmaza, the Lesser Angereb, and the Ahyamezoriya.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Intermittent stream
- Description: river in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Fiume Maghec”, “Magach”, and “Magacha”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gorgora.
Gorgora
Village
Gorgora is a town and peninsula in northwestern Ethiopia. It is located south of Gondar on the north shore of Lake Tana, in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region. Gorgora is situated 8 km west of Magech River.
Magech River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.25° or 12° 15′ north
Longitude
37.36667° or 37° 22′ east
Elevation
1,786 metres (5,860 feet)
Open location code
7G4V7928+2M
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Welsh—“Magech River” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “መገጭ”
- Arabic: “نهر ماجيك”
- Chinese: “馬格奇河”
- Croatian: “Magech”
- French: “Magech”
- French: “Rivière Magech”
- Hausa: “Kogin Magech”
- Irish: “Abhainn Magech”
- Italian: “Maghec”
- Italian: “Maghecc”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Magech”
- Portuguese: “Rio Magech”
- Russian: “Магача”
- Somali: “Webiga Magech”
- Swahili: “Mto Magech”
- Welsh: “Afon Magech”
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