Faro River
The Faro River is a 310-kilometre-long river that flows over the Nigeria–Cameroon border in Africa. Its source is on the Adamawa Plateau, which lies southeast of Ngaoundéré, in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Nigeria and Cameroon
- Also known as: “River Faro” and “法罗河”
Faro River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.32939° or 9° 19′ 46″ north
Longitude
12.91923° or 12° 55′ 9″ east
Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)
Open location code
6FXJ8WH9+QM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Faro River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر فارو”
- Cebuano: “Faro”
- Chinese: “法羅河”
- Dagbani: “Faro Mɔɣili”
- Dagbani: “Faro River”
- French: “Faro”
- Fulah: “Maayo Faaro”
- German: “Faro”
- Hausa: “Kogin Faro”
- Hebrew: “נהר פארו”
- Igala: “Faro River”
- Igbo: “Faro River”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Faro”
- Irish: “Abhainn Faro”
- Italian: “Faro”
- Kinyarwanda: “Uruzi rwa Faro”
- Russian: “Фаро (река)”
- Russian: “Фаро”
- Swahili: “Mto Faro”
- Swedish: “Faro”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Faro”
- Uzbek: “Faro River”
- Welsh: “Afon Faro”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Magami and Kocciel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lake Tappare and Lake Guddi.
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Worth a closer look: Yaoundé and Douala.
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