Awash River
The Awash River is a major river of Ethiopia. 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 Lake Abbe on the border with Djibouti, about 100 kilometres from the head of the Gulf of Tadjoura.
- Type: Stream
- Description: major river in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Aouach”, “Aouache”, “Avaŝa Rivero”, “Avašo upė”, “Awaash”, “Awāsh”, “Awash Wenz”, “Hawaš”, “Hawash”, “Lembah Awash”, “Sungai awash”, “Thung lũng thấp của sông Awash”, “Vaito”, “Гаваш”, and “אווש”
Awash River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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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
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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: “Awaš”
- Danish: “Awash”
- Dutch: “Awash”
- Esperanto: “Avaŝo”
- Estonian: “Awashi jõgi”
- Finnish: “Awash”
- French: “Awash”
- Fulah: “Maayo Awash”
- Georgian: “ავაში”
- German: “Awash”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Awash River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Awash”
- Hebrew: “אוואש”
- Hindi: “अवाश नदी”
- Hungarian: “Avas”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Awash”
- Irish: “Abhainn Awash”
- Italian: “Auasc”
- Italian: “Auash”
- Japanese: “アワッシュ川”
- Javanese: “Kali Awash”
- Korean: “아와시강”
- Latvian: “Avaša”
- Lithuanian: “Avašas (upė)”
- Lithuanian: “Avašas”
- Maithili: “अवश नदी”
- Mingrelian: “ავაში (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ავაში”
- Nepali: “अवश नदी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Awash”
- Norwegian: “Awash”
- Persian: “رود آواش”
- Persian: “رودخانه اوش”
- Polish: “Auasz”
- Portuguese: “Rio Awash”
- Russian: “Аваш”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Avaš”
- Slovak: “Awaš”
- Slovenian: “Avaš”
- Somali: “Webiga Awash”
- Spanish: “Awash”
- Spanish: “Río Awash”
- Swahili: “Mto Awash”
- Swedish: “Awash”
- Turkish: “Awash Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Аваш”
- Uzbek: “Avash (daryo)”
- Uzbek: “Avash”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Awash”
- Vietnamese: “Thung lũng sông Awash”
- Welsh: “Afon Awash”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Saydo and Ēboba.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gemeri Lake and Bidaru.
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