Blue Nile Falls

The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the river in South Gondar, Amhara Region, . It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning 'great smoke'.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Photo: CT Snow, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Tis Abay”, “Tis Ysat”, “Tis Yssat”, “Tis-Issat”, “Tis-Issat-Fälle”, “Tissisat”, “Tys Yssat”, “Wodospad Nilu Błękitnego”, “Wodospady Nilu Błękitnego”, “Водопады Голубого Нила”, “Тис-Аббай”, “ცისფერი ნილოსის ჩანჩქერი”, and “ጥስ እሳት ፏፏቴ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Tis Abay canal and power plants.

Power station
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a power station, which is situated 580 metres south of Blue Nile Falls.

Blue Nile Falls

Latitude
11.49083° or 11° 29′ 27″ north
Longitude
37.58769° or 37° 35′ 16″ east
Open location code
7G3VFHRQ+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2785538579
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Wiki­data ID
Q1266055
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Blue Nile Falls” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Blou Nyl-waterval”
  • Amharic: “ጥስ እሳት”
  • Arabic: “شلالات النيل الأزرق”
  • Basque: “Nilo Urdineko ur-jauziak”
  • Bengali: “নীলাভ নীল জলপ্রপাত”
  • Breton: “Lammoù-dour an Nil Glas”
  • Catalan: “Cascades del Nil Blau”
  • Chinese: “青尼罗河瀑布”
  • Chinese: “青尼羅河瀑布”
  • Croatian: “Tis Isat”
  • Croatian: “Vodopad Tis Isat”
  • Czech: “Tisissat”
  • Dutch: “Blue Nile Falls”
  • French: “chutes du Nil Bleu”
  • French: “Chutes du Nil Bleu”
  • Galician: “Fervenzas do Nilo Azul”
  • Georgian: “ცისფერი ნილოსის ჩანჩქერები”
  • German: “Tis Issat”
  • German: “Tisissat-Wasserfälle”
  • Hausa: “Faduwar ruwan Blue Nile”
  • Hebrew: “מפל הנילוס הכחול”
  • Indonesian: “Air Terjun Nil Biru”
  • Italian: “cascate del Nilo Azzurro”
  • Italian: “Cascate del Nilo Azzurro”
  • Japanese: “青ナイル滝”
  • Korean: “청나일 폭포”
  • Lithuanian: “Žydrojo Nilo krioklys”
  • Polish: “Tys Ysat”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas do Nilo Azul”
  • Russian: “водопад Тис-Ысат”
  • Russian: “Тис-Ысат”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tis Isat”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vodopad Tis Isat”
  • Slovenian: “Slapovi Modrega Nila”
  • Spanish: “Cataratas del Nilo Azul”
  • Swahili: “Maporomoko ya Nile ya buluu”
  • Tigrinya: “ሰማያዊ ትሽዓተ ፏፏቴ”
  • Twi: “Blue Nile Asubɔnten a Ɛwɔ Hɔ”
  • Twi: “Blue Nile Asubɔnten”
  • Ukrainian: “Тіс-Исат”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác Nin Xanh”

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Places to explore: Blue Nile Camping and Tis Abay.

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