Tekezé River
The Tekezé River, is a major river in Ethiopia. For part of its course it forms a section of the westernmost border of Ethiopia and Eritrea. The river is also known as the Setit as it joins the Nile tributary Atbarah River just over the border in Sudan.
- Type: River (intermittent)
- Description: river in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Astaboras dei Romai”, “Bahr Setit”, “Fera Fera”, “Fiume Setit”, “Fiume Tacazzè”, “Fiume Taccaze”, “Nahr Satīt”, “Nahr Sitat”, “Rio Setit”, “Rio Takazze”, “Rio Tekeze”, “Río Tekeze”, “River Setit”, “Satit”, “Setit”, “Setit ፈለግ ሰቲት ننهر ستيت”, “Tacazze”, “Takaseh”, “Takazē”, “Takazye”, “Takazze”, “Takkaje”, “Takkaze”, “Takkazye”, “Tecassé”, “Tekeze River”, “Tekeze Wenz”, “Сетит”, “טקזה”, and “泰可澤河”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Umm Hājar.
Tekezé River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Eritrea, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.30715° or 14° 18′ 26″ north
Longitude
36.71278° or 36° 42′ 46″ east
Elevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)
Open location code
7G6R8P47+V4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
OpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Welsh—“Tekezé River” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ተከዜ”
- Arabic: “نهر ستيت”
- Arabic: “نهر سيتيت”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tekezé”
- Basque: “Tekezé”
- Cebuano: “Tekezē Wenz”
- Chinese: “特克泽河”
- Chinese: “特克澤河”
- Croatian: “Rijeka Tekeze - Setit”
- Croatian: “Tekeze-Setit”
- Czech: “Tekeze”
- Danish: “Tekezé”
- Dutch: “Tekezé”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيتيت”
- Esperanto: “Tekeze”
- French: “Tekezé”
- German: “Tekeze-Setit”
- Hausa: “Kogin Tekezé”
- Hebrew: “תכזה”
- Hungarian: “Tekeze”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tekezé”
- Italian: “Tacazzè”
- Japanese: “テケゼ川”
- Korean: “테케제강”
- Latin: “Tacasus”
- Latin: “Tacazzè”
- Lithuanian: “Tekezė”
- Macedonian: “Река Текезе”
- Macedonian: “Текезе”
- Mingrelian: “ტეკეზე”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tekezé”
- Polish: “Takaze”
- Polish: “Tekkezje”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tacaze”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tekezé”
- Russian: “Тэкэзе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tekeze - Setit”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tekeze”
- Slovenian: “Tekezé (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Tekezé”
- Somali: “Webiga Tekezé”
- Spanish: “Río Tekezé”
- Swahili: “Mto Tekeze”
- Swedish: “Tekeze”
- Tamil: “தக்கீசு ஆறு”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Tekezé”
- Welsh: “Afon Tekezé”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Altipiano El Eghin and K’ech’aro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: مسجد أم هاجر and Kafta Sheraro National Park.
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