Shebelle River
The Shebelle River also known historically as the Nile of Mogadishu, begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Intermittent stream
- Description: river in the Horn of Africa
- Also known as: “Uabi Shebelle”, “Wabe Shebele”, “Wabi Shebele”, “Webi Shabeelle”, and “Webi Tukuule”
Shebelle River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Shebelle River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sjebellerivier”
- Arabic: “نهر شبيلى”
- Asturian: “Ríu Shebelle”
- Basque: “Xebeli”
- Belarusian: “Рака Шэбеле”
- Belarusian: “Шэбеле”
- Bulgarian: “Шебеле”
- Catalan: “Shabeelle”
- Catalan: “Shabele”
- Catalan: “Shabelle”
- Catalan: “Shebele”
- Catalan: “Shebeli”
- Catalan: “Shebelle”
- Catalan: “Shibeli”
- Cebuano: “Webi Shabeelle”
- Chinese: “夏柏雷河”
- Chinese: “謝貝利河”
- Chinese: “谢贝利河”
- Croatian: “Rijeka Šebele”
- Croatian: “Šebele”
- Czech: “Šebeli”
- Czech: “Shebelle”
- Czech: “Šibelli”
- Danish: “Shebelle”
- Dutch: “Shabelle rivier”
- Dutch: “Shabelle”
- Dutch: “Shebelle rivier”
- Dutch: “Shebelle”
- Dutch: “Wabi Shebelli”
- Dutch: “Webi Shabeelle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شيبيل”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Shebelle”
- Esperanto: “Ŝabeele”
- Esperanto: “Ŝabele”
- Esperanto: “Shabeelle”
- Esperanto: “Shabelle”
- Esperanto: “Shebelle”
- Finnish: “Shabeelle”
- Finnish: “Shabelle”
- Finnish: “Shabellejoki”
- Finnish: “Shebele”
- Finnish: “Shebelle”
- French: “Chébéli”
- French: “Ouébi”
- French: “Shabele”
- French: “Shebelle”
- Georgian: “უები-შაბელე”
- German: “Shabeelle”
- German: “Shabelle”
- German: “Shebeli”
- German: “Shebelle”
- Hindi: “शिबेली”
- Hindi: “शेबेल्ले नदी”
- Hungarian: “Shebelle”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Shebelle”
- Irish: “Abhainn Shebelle”
- Italian: “Uebi Scebeli”
- Japanese: “シェベリ川”
- Japanese: “シャベレ川”
- Japanese: “ソマリア”
- Lithuanian: “Šebelė”
- Lithuanian: “Vebi Šebelė”
- Malayalam: “ശെബെല്ലെ നദി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shabeelle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shebele”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shebeli”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shebelle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wabi Shabeelle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Webi Shabeelle”
- Norwegian: “Shebele”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chebeli”
- Oromo: “Lagni Shaballee”
- Persian: “رود شبیلی”
- Polish: “Uabi Szebelie Uenz”
- Polish: “Uabi Szebelie”
- Polish: “Uebi Szebeli”
- Polish: “Uebi Szebelie”
- Polish: “Uebi Szembeli”
- Polish: “Wadi Szabili”
- Polish: “Webi Shabeelle”
- Portuguese: “Rio Shebelle”
- Russian: “Веби-Шебели”
- Russian: “Уабе-Шэбэлле”
- Russian: “Уэби-Шабелле”
- Serbian: “Šebeli”
- Serbian: “Шебели”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šebele”
- Somali: “Shabeele”
- Somali: “Wabiga Shabeelle”
- Somali: “Webi Shabeelle”
- Somali: “Webiga shabeelle”
- Somali: “Webiga Shabele”
- South Azerbaijani: “شبلل چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Shebelle”
- Spanish: “Río Shebelle”
- Swahili: “Shebeli”
- Swedish: “Scebelli”
- Swedish: “Shabeelle”
- Swedish: “Shabele”
- Swedish: “Shabell”
- Swedish: “Shabelle”
- Swedish: “Shebele”
- Swedish: “Shebeli”
- Swedish: “Shebelle”
- Swedish: “Webi Shabeelle”
- Turkish: “Shebelle Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Вебі-Шебелле”
- Ukrainian: “Уебі-Шабелле”
- Venetian: “Fiume Shebelle”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Shebelle”
- Welsh: “Afon Shebelle”
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