Rufiji River

The Rufiji River lies entirely within . It is also the largest and longest river in the country. The river is formed by the confluence of the Kilombero and Luwegu rivers.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Tanzania
  • Also known as: Lufiji

Rufiji River

Latitude
-7.91711° or 7° 55′ 2″ south
Longitude
39.2672° or 39° 16′ 2″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
6G4X37M8+5V
Geo­Names ID
9645329
Wiki­data ID
Q936023
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Rufiji River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Rufijirivier
  • Asturian: Ríu Rufiji
  • Belarusian: Руфіджы
  • Bulgarian: Руфиджи
  • Catalan: Riu Rufiji
  • Catalan: Rufiji
  • Cebuano: Rufiji River
  • Chinese: 魯菲吉河
  • Chinese: 鲁菲吉河
  • Croatian: Rufidži
  • Croatian: Rufiji
  • Czech: Rufiji
  • Danish: Rufiji
  • Dutch: Rufiji River
  • Finnish: Rufiji
  • French: Rufigi
  • French: Rufiji
  • German: Lufidschi
  • German: Rufidschi
  • German: Rufiji
  • Greek: Ποταμός Ρουφίτζι
  • Greek: Ρουφίτζι
  • Hebrew: רופיג’י
  • Hindi: रुफिजी नदी
  • Indonesian: Sungai Rufiji
  • Irish: Abhainn Rufiji
  • Italian: Rufiji
  • Japanese: ルフィジ川
  • Kazakh: Руфиджи
  • Kinyarwanda: Umugezi wa Rufiji
  • Kirghiz: Руфижи
  • Korean: 루피지강
  • Kotava: Rufiji (kuksa)
  • Kotava: Rufiji
  • Lithuanian: Rufidžis
  • Malayalam: രുഫിജി നദി
  • Mingrelian: რუფიჯი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rufiji-elven
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rufiji
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rufiji
  • Norwegian: Rufiji
  • Polish: Rufidżi
  • Polish: Rufiji
  • Portuguese: Rio Rufiji
  • Romanian: Râul Rufiji
  • Russian: Руфиджи
  • Russian: Руфижи
  • South Azerbaijani: روفیژی چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Rufiji
  • Spanish: Río Rufiji
  • Spanish: Rufiji
  • Swahili: Mto Rufiji
  • Swahili: Rufiji (mto)i
  • Swahili: Rufiji
  • Swedish: Rufiji
  • Swedish: Rufijifloden
  • Thai: แม่น้ำรูฟีจี
  • Ukrainian: Руфіджі
  • Uzbek: Rufiji
  • Venetian: Fiume Rufiji
  • Welsh: Afon Rufiji

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