Lake Chew Bahir
Lake Chew Bahir or Lake Istifanos, also called Stefanie, Basso Naebor and Chuwaha, is a lake in southern Ethiopia, located on the southwestern end of the South Ethiopia Regional State, near the border with Oromia Region.- Type: Lake (intermittent)
- Description: lake in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Basso Naebor”, “Chuwaha”, “Lake Istifanos”, and “Stefanie”
Lake Chew Bahir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Oromiya, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.62695° or 4° 37′ 37″ northLongitude
36.84952° or 36° 50′ 58″ eastElevation
495 metres (1,624 feet)Open location code
6GPRJRGX+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 27144020OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Chew Bahir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Lake Chew Bahir” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Chew Bahir (aintzira)”
- Basque: “Chew Bahir”
- Burmese: “ချူးဘဟာကန်”
- Cebuano: “Ch’ew Bahir”
- Chinese: “乔乌湖”
- Czech: “Chew Bahir”
- Dutch: “Lake Chew Bahir”
- Finnish: “Chew Bahir -järvi”
- Finnish: “Stefanienjärvi”
- French: “lac Chew Bahir”
- French: “Lac Chew Bahir”
- German: “Chew Bahir”
- Hungarian: “Csev-Bahir-tó”
- Hungarian: “Stefánia-tó”
- Italian: “Chew Bahir”
- Polish: “Czeu Bahyr”
- Polish: “Jezioro Stefanii”
- Russian: “Стефания”
- Russian: “Чоу-Бахр”
- Spanish: “Lago Chew Bahir”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Chew Bahir”
- Swedish: “Ch’ew Bahir”
- Swedish: “Chew Bahir”
- Venetian: “Chew Bahir”
- Western Panjabi: “جھیل چیو بحر”
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