Cacheu River

The Cacheu is a river of also known as the Farim along its upper course. Its total length is about 257 km. One of its major tributaries is the .
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  • Type: Estuary
  • Description: river in Guinea-Bissau
  • Also known as: Cacheo River”, “Farim River”, and “Rio Cacheu

Cacheu River

Latitude
12.16778° or 12° 10′ 4″ north
Longitude
-16.35° or 16° 21′ west
Open location code
7C455M92+42
Geo­Names ID
2374310
Wiki­data ID
Q2445908
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Cacheu River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Cacheu
  • Belarusian: Рака Фарым
  • Belarusian: Фарым
  • Catalan: riu Farim
  • Catalan: Riu Farim
  • Cebuano: Rio Cacheu
  • Chinese: 卡謝烏河
  • Chinese: 卡谢乌河
  • Chuvash: Фарим
  • Danish: Cacheufloden
  • Dutch: Farim River
  • Finnish: Cacheu
  • French: rio Cacheu
  • French: Rio Cacheu
  • French: Rio Farim
  • German: Rio Cacheu
  • German: Rio Farim
  • Greek: Κασέου
  • Greek: Ρίου Κασέου
  • Hausa: Kogin Cacheu
  • Hausa: Rio Cacheu
  • Italian: Rio Cacheu
  • Japanese: ファリム川
  • Korean: 카셰우강
  • Lithuanian: Kašeu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cacheu
  • Portuguese: Rio Cacheu
  • Portuguese: Rio Farim
  • Portuguese: Rio São Domingos
  • Portuguese: Rio de São Domingos” (historical)
  • Romanian: Râul Farim
  • Russian: Кашёу (река)
  • Russian: Кашёу
  • Spanish: Rio Cacheu
  • Spanish: Río Cacheu
  • Swedish: Rio Cacheu
  • Ukrainian: Кашеу
  • Ukrainian: Фарім
  • Welsh: Afon Cacheu

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cacheu River”. Photo: jbdodane, CC BY 2.0.