Gilgel Gibe III Dam

The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is a 250 m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River in . It is located about 62 km west of in the .
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Gilgel Gibe III Dam

Latitude
6.84828° or 6° 50′ 54″ north
Longitude
37.30191° or 37° 18′ 7″ east
Height
250 metres (820 feet)
Open location code
6GRVR8X2+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 186396967
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q1136922
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wolaytta—“Gilgel Gibe III Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد جيلجل جيب الثالث”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • Dutch: “Gilgel Gibe III Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد جيلجل جيب التالت”
  • French: “barrage Gilgel Gibe III”
  • French: “Barrage Gilgel Gibe III”
  • German: “Gilgel Gibe III”
  • Hungarian: “Gilgel Gibe III gát”
  • Italian: “diga di Gilgel Gibe III”
  • Italian: “Diga Gibe III”
  • Italian: “Diga Gilgel Gibe III”
  • Japanese: “ギルゲル・ギベ3号ダム”
  • Persian: “سد گیلگل گیبه سوم”
  • Russian: “Гилгель Гибе III”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Gilgel Gibe III”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Гільгель-Гібе ІІІ”
  • Wolaytta: “Gibe 3 Korinttiya Wolqqaa”

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