Fafen River

Fafen River is a river of eastern . Rising to the east of , in , it cuts through a series of wide, flat shelves of sedimentary rocks made of sandstone, limestone, and gypsum as it descends in a south-eastern direction towards the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: Fafan”, “Fafem Shet”, “Fanfan”, “Tug Fafan”, and “Tugh Fafan

Fafen River

Latitude
5.98333° or 5° 59′ north
Longitude
44.41667° or 44° 25′ east
Elevation
376 metres (1,234 feet)
Open location code
6HQ6XCM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
337972
Wiki­data ID
Q4783735
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Fafen River” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Fafen Shet‘
  • Cebuano: Fafen Shet’
  • Chinese: 法芬河
  • French: Fafen
  • German: Fafen
  • Hausa: Kogin Fafen
  • Irish: Abhainn Fafen
  • Italian: Fafen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fafen
  • Portuguese: Rio Fafen
  • Swedish: Fafen Shet‘
  • Swedish: Fafen Shet’
  • Welsh: Afon Fafen

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