Gilgel Gibe III Dam
The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is a 246 m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River in Ethiopia. It is located about 62 km west of Sodo in the South Ethiopia Regional State.
- Dam
- …stands 250 metres (820 feet) tall
- Description: hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location
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Latitude
6.84828° or 6° 50′ 54″ north
Longitude
37.30191° or 37° 18′ 7″ east
Open location code
6GRVR8X2+8Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wolaytta—“Gilgel Gibe III Dam” goes by many names.
سد جيلجل جيب الثالثArabic
Gibe 第3水壩Chinese
吉格吉貝三號壩Chinese
吉格吉贝三号坝Chinese
吉爾格爾吉貝三號水電站Chinese
Gilgel Gibe III DamDutch
سد جيلجل جيب التالتEgyptian Arabic
Gilgel Gibe III DamGhanaian Pidgin English
Dam din Gilgel Gibe IIIHausa
Gilgel Gibe III gátHungarian
diga di Gilgel Gibe IIIItalian
Diga Gibe IIIItalian
Diga Gilgel Gibe IIIItalian
ギルゲル・ギベ3号ダムJapanese
سد گیلگل گیبه سومPersian
Гилгель Гибе IIIRussian
Letamo la Gilgel Gibe IIITswana
Гребля Гільгель-Гібе ІІІUkrainian
Gibe 3 Korinttiya WolqqaaWolaytta
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