Didessa River

The Didessa is a river in western . A tributary of the Abay River, it rises in the mountains of , flowing in a northwesterly direction to its confluence where the course of the Abay has curved to its southernmost point before turning northwards.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: Dadēsā”, “Dadessa”, “Dhedheessa”, “Diddessa”, “Didesa”, “Didesa River”, and “Didesa Wenz

Didessa River

Latitude
9.95° or 9° 57′ north
Longitude
35.68333° or 35° 41′ east
Elevation
656 metres (2,152 feet)
Open location code
6GXQXM2M+28
Geo­Names ID
339091
Wiki­data ID
Q586209
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Didessa River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر ديديسا
  • Asturian: Ríu Didessa
  • Cebuano: Dīdēsa Wenz
  • Chinese: 迪德薩河
  • Danish: Didessa (flod)
  • Danish: Didessa
  • French: Didessa
  • German: Didessa
  • Hausa: Kogin Didessa
  • Indonesian: Sungai Didessa
  • Irish: Abhainn Didessa
  • Mingrelian: დიდესა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Didessa
  • Portuguese: Rio Didessa
  • Russian: Дидесса
  • Swahili: Mto Didessa
  • Swedish: Dīdēsa Wenz
  • Ukrainian: Річка Дідеса
  • Venetian: Fiume Didessa
  • Welsh: Afon Didessa

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