Gilo River
The Gilo River is a river in the Gambela Region of southwestern Ethiopia. A variety of names also knows it: the Gimira of Dizu call it the "Mene", while the Gemira of Chako call it "Owis", and Amhara and Oromo settlers in the early 20th century knew it by a third name, "Bako".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Ghelo”, “Ghila”, “Ghilo”, “Gila”, and “Jilā”
Gilo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Gambella Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Gilo River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Gilo River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gīlo”
- Chinese: “吉羅河”
- Danish: “Gilofloden”
- French: “Gilo”
- German: “Gilo”
- Hausa: “Kogin Gilo”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gilo”
- Lithuanian: “Gilas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilo”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gilo”
- Russian: “Гило (река)”
- Russian: “Гило”
- Swahili: “Mto Gilo”
- Swedish: “Gilo”
- Swedish: “Gīlo”
- Welsh: “Afon Gilo”
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