Awash River

The Awash River is a major river of . Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begins with Lake Gargori and ends with on the border with , about 100 kilometres from the head of the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: major river in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: Awāsh”, “Awash Wenz”, and “Vaito

Awash River

Latitude
11.57403° or 11° 34′ 27″ north
Longitude
41.63019° or 41° 37′ 49″ east
Elevation
342 metres (1,122 feet)
Open location code
7H33HJFJ+J3
Geo­Names ID
343125
Wiki­data ID
Q782845
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Awash River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Awashrivier
  • Amharic: አዋሽ ወንዝ
  • Arabic: نهر أواش
  • Armenian: Ավաշ (գետ)
  • Armenian: Ավաշ
  • Asturian: Ríu Awash
  • Azerbaijani: Avaş çayı
  • Basque: Awash ibaia
  • Basque: Awash
  • Belarusian: Аваш
  • Bulgarian: Аваш
  • Burmese: အဝပ်ရှ်မြစ်
  • Catalan: Awash
  • Catalan: Riu Awash
  • Cebuano: Āwash Wenz
  • Chinese: 阿瓦什河
  • Croatian: Avaš
  • Czech: Avaš
  • Czech: Awaš
  • Czech: Hawaš
  • Danish: Awash
  • Dutch: Awash
  • Esperanto: Avaŝa Rivero
  • Esperanto: Avaŝo
  • Estonian: Awashi jõgi
  • Finnish: Awash
  • French: Aouach
  • French: Aouache
  • French: Awash
  • French: Hawash
  • Georgian: ავაში
  • German: Awash
  • Hausa: Kogin Awash
  • Hebrew: אוואש
  • Hebrew: אווש
  • Hindi: अवाश नदी
  • Hungarian: Avas
  • Indonesian: Lembah Awash
  • Indonesian: Sungai awash
  • Indonesian: Sungai Awash
  • Irish: Abhainn Awash
  • Italian: Auasc
  • Italian: Auash
  • Italian: Awash
  • Japanese: アワッシュ川
  • Javanese: Kali Awash
  • Korean: 아와시강
  • Latvian: Avaša
  • Lithuanian: Avašas (upė)
  • Lithuanian: Avašas
  • Lithuanian: Avašo upė
  • Maithili: अवश नदी
  • Mingrelian: ავაში (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: ავაში
  • Nepali: अवश नदी
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Awash
  • Norwegian: Awash
  • Persian: رود آواش
  • Persian: رودخانه اوش
  • Polish: Auasz
  • Polish: Awash
  • Portuguese: Rio Awash
  • Russian: Аваш
  • Russian: Гаваш
  • Serbo-Croatian: Avaš
  • Slovenian: Avaš
  • Spanish: Awash
  • Spanish: Río Awash
  • Swahili: Mto Awash
  • Swedish: Āwash Wenz
  • Swedish: Awash
  • Turkish: Awash Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Аваш
  • Uzbek: Avash (daryo)
  • Uzbek: Avash
  • Vietnamese: Sông Awash
  • Vietnamese: Thung lũng sông Awash
  • Vietnamese: Thung lũng thấp của sông Awash
  • Welsh: Afon Awash

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