Gibe River
The Gibe River is by far the largest tributary of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia and flows generally south-southeast. The confluence of the Gibe River with the smaller Wabe River forms the Omo River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Gībē”, “Gibe Wenz”, and “Great Ghibie”
Gibe River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Gibe River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gībē Wenz”
- Chinese: “吉貝河”
- French: “Ghibie”
- French: “Gibe”
- French: “rivière Gibe”
- German: “Gibe”
- Hausa: “Kogin Gibe”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gibe”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gibe”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gibe”
- Swahili: “Mto Gibe”
- Swedish: “Gībē Wenz”
- Urdu: “دریائے گیبے”
- Welsh: “Afon Gibe”
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