Nam Ou
The Nam Ou is one of the most important rivers of Laos. It runs 448 km from Phongsaly Province to Luang Prabang Province. The river rises in Muang Ou Nua near the Lao-Chinese border, and traverses the northern Laos mountains and gorges until meeting the Mekong River in Ban Pak Ou.
- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 279 metres (915 feet)
- Description: river in Laos
- Also known as“Hou”“Nam Du”“Nam Hou”“Nam Hu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pak Ou Caves.
Nam Ou
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Latitude
20.05414° or 20° 3′ 15″ north
Longitude
102.21188° or 102° 12′ 43″ east
Open location code
7PG43636+MQ
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Nam Ou” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ու (գետ)”
- Armenian: “Ու”
- Asturian: “Ríu Nam Ou”
- Belarusian: “Нам Оў”
- Burmese: “နမ်အိုမြစ်”
- Burmese: “နမ့်ဦမြစ်”
- Cebuano: “Nam Ou”
- Chinese: “南烏河”
- Chuvash: “Намоу”
- Croatian: “Nam Ou”
- Dutch: “Nam Ou”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نام اوو”
- French: “Nam Ou”
- German: “Nam Ou”
- Italian: “Nam U”
- Japanese: “オウ川”
- Korean: “남우강”
- Lao: “ນ້ຳອູ”
- Lithuanian: “Nam U”
- Polish: “Nam Ou”
- Russian: “Намоу”
- Russian: “У (река)”
- Spanish: “Rio Nam On”
- Spanish: “Río Nam On”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำอู”
- Ukrainian: “У”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Ou”
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