Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam, is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “GERD”, “Hidase Dam”, and “TaIHiGe”
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
- Categories: gravity dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Bīnshangul Gumuz, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.21477° or 11° 12′ 53″ northLongitude
35.09323° or 35° 5′ 36″ eastElevation
650 metres (2,133 feet)Height
155 metres (509 feet)Open location code
7G3Q637V+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1418834652OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q1542454
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Groot Ethiopiese Renaissancedam”
- Arabic: “سد النهضة”
- Armenian: “Հիդասե հէկ”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Efiopiya İntibah Su bəndi”
- Azerbaijani: “GERD”
- Bengali: “মহা ইথিওপীয় পুনর্জন্ম বাঁধ”
- Burmese: “အီသီယိုးပီးယား ပြန်လည်ရှင်သန်ရေးဆည်ကြီး”
- Catalan: “Presa del Renaixement”
- Central Kurdish: “بەنداوی ھیداسی”
- Chinese: “埃塞俄比亚复兴大坝”
- Chinese: “埃塞俄比亞復興大壩”
- Czech: “Velká přehrada etiopského znovuzrození”
- Dutch: “Grote Renaissance Dam”
- Dutch: “Grote Renaissancedam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد النهضه”
- Esperanto: “Baraĵo de la Etiopia Renaskiĝo”
- Esperanto: “Granda Etiopia Renesanca Akvobaraĵo”
- Estonian: “Suur Etioopia Renessansi pais”
- Estonian: “Suur Etioopia Renessansi Pais”
- Finnish: “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”
- Finnish: “Suuri etiopialaisen renessanssin pato”
- French: “barrage de la Renaissance”
- French: “grand barrage de la Renaissance éthiopienne”
- French: “grand barrage de la Renaissance”
- French: “Grand barrage de la Renaissance”
- French: “Grand Barrage de la Renaissance”
- German: “Grand-Ethiopian-Renaissance-Talsperre”
- German: “Große Talsperre der äthiopischen Wiedergeburt”
- German: “Großer Renaissance-Staudamm”
- German: “Hidase-Talsperre”
- Greek: “Φράγμα της Αναγέννησης”
- Hausa: “Dam in Renaissance na Habasha”
- Hebrew: “סכר המילניום”
- Hebrew: “סכר הרנסאנס האתיופי הגדול”
- Hebrew: “סכר התחייה האתיופית הגדול”
- Icelandic: “Endurreisnarstíflan”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Hidase”
- Irish: “Damba Renaissance Aetópach”
- Italian: “diga di Grand Ethiopian Renaissance”
- Italian: “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”
- Japanese: “グランド・ルネサンス・ダム”
- Japanese: “大エチオピア・ルネサンスダム”
- Japanese: “大エチオピア再生ダム”
- Korean: “그랜드 에티오피아 르네상스 댐”
- Persian: “سد نوزایی بزرگ”
- Polish: “Tama Wielkiego Odrodzenia”
- Polish: “Wielkie Etiopskie Odrodzenie”
- Portuguese: “Barragem do Grande Renascimento Etiope”
- Portuguese: “Barragem do Renascimento”
- Portuguese: “Represa do Renascimento”
- Romanian: “Marele Baraj Etiopian al Renașterii”
- Russian: “Хыдасе”
- Slovenian: “Jez velikega etiopskega preporoda”
- Somali: “Biyo-xireenka Horukaca”
- Spanish: “Gran Presa del Renacimiento Etíope”
- Spanish: “Presa del Renacmiento”
- Swedish: “Millenniedammen”
- Swedish: “Stora etiopiska renässansdammen”
- Tamil: “எத்தியோப்பியாவின் பெரும் மறுமலர்ச்சி அணை”
- Turkish: “Büyük Etiyopya Rönesans Barajı”
- Turkish: “Rönesans Barajı”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Великого Ефіопського Ренесансу”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Відродження”
- Urdu: “دی گرینڈ ایتھوپین ری انسائینس ڈیم”
- Vietnamese: “Đập Grand Ethiopian Renaissance”
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