Ruvuma River
Ruvuma River, formerly also known as the Rovuma River, is a river in the African Great Lakes region. During the greater part of its course, it forms the border between Tanzania and Mozambique.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: River
- Description: river
- Also known as: “River Ruvuma” and “Rovuma River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kitai.
Kitai
Village
Kitai is a village in the Ruvuma Region of southwestern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road, to the northeast of Kigonsera and Likonde. It is a notable mining location.
Ruvuma River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Litisha, Songea District Council, Ruvuma, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-10.7083° or 10° 42′ 30″ southLongitude
35.2375° or 35° 14′ 15″ eastOpen location code
5GXQ76RP+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1240115049OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverWikidata ID
Q746779
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Ruvuma River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rovumarivier”
- Arabic: “نهر روفوما”
- Asturian: “Ríu Ruvuma”
- Basque: “Ruvuma ibaia”
- Basque: “Ruvuma”
- Belarusian: “Рувума”
- Bulgarian: “Рувума”
- Catalan: “Rovuma”
- Cebuano: “Ruvuma River”
- Chinese: “洛伏馬河”
- Chinese: “羅夫馬河”
- Chinese: “魯伍馬河”
- Chinese: “魯伏馬河”
- Chinese: “鲁伍马河”
- Chinese: “鲁伏马河”
- Czech: “Rovuma”
- Czech: “Ruvuma”
- Danish: “Rovuma”
- Danish: “Ruvuma”
- Dutch: “Rovuma”
- Dutch: “Ruvuma”
- Esperanto: “Ruvumo”
- Finnish: “Rovuma”
- Finnish: “Ruvuma”
- French: “Rovuma”
- French: “Ruvuma”
- Galician: “Río Ruvuma”
- Georgian: “რუვუმა”
- German: “Rovuma”
- German: “Rowuma”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ρουβούμα”
- Hebrew: “רובומה”
- Hindi: “रुबमा”
- Hindi: “रुवुमा नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Ruvuma”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ruvuma”
- Italian: “Fiume Ruvuma”
- Italian: “Ruvuma”
- Japanese: “ルヴマ川”
- Japanese: “ルブマ川”
- Japanese: “ロヴマ川”
- Kirghiz: “Рувума”
- Kotava: “Ruvuma (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Ruvuma”
- Lithuanian: “Ruvuma”
- Malagasy: “Ruvuma”
- Malayalam: “രുവുമ നദി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruvuma”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rovuma”
- Norwegian: “Rovuma”
- Persian: “رود روووما”
- Polish: “Rovuma”
- Polish: “Ruvuma”
- Portuguese: “Rio Rovuma”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ruvuma”
- Portuguese: “Rovuma”
- Russian: “Ровума”
- Russian: “Рувума”
- Serbian: “Ruvuma”
- Serbian: “Рувума”
- South Azerbaijani: “روووما چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Rovuma”
- Spanish: “Río Rovuma”
- Spanish: “Rio Ruvuma”
- Spanish: “Río Ruvuma”
- Swahili: “Mto Rovuma”
- Swahili: “Mto Ruvuma”
- Swahili: “Rovuma”
- Swahili: “Ruvuma”
- Turkish: “Ruvuma Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ровума”
- Ukrainian: “Рувума”
- Venetian: “Fiume Rovuma”
- Welsh: “Afon Ruvuma”
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