Didessa River
The Didessa is a river in western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Abay River, it rises in the mountains of Gomma, flowing in a northwesterly direction to its confluence where the course of the Abay has curved to its southernmost point before turning northwards.- Stream
- Description: river in Ethiopia
- Also known as“Dadēsā”“Dadessa”“Dhedheessa”“Diddessa”“Didesa”“Didesa River”“Didesa Wenz”
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Latitude
9.95° or 9° 57′ north
Longitude
35.68333° or 35° 41′ east
Open location code
6GXQXM2M+28
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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”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Didessa River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Didessa”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Didessa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Didessa”
- Mingrelian: “დიდესა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Didessa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Didessa”
- Russian: “Дидеса”
- Somali: “Webiga Didessa”
- Swahili: “Mto Didessa”
- Swedish: “Dīdēsa Wenz”
- Ukrainian: “Річка Дідеса”
- Venetian: “Fiume Didessa”
- Welsh: “Afon Didessa”
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