Awash

río de Etiopía

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The Awash River is a major river in Ethiopia that flows through the country's landscape. It is important to the region as a source of water for communities and ecosystems along its course.

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Native name: Awaash ( Oromo ) ዐዋሽ ( Amharic ) Hawaash We'ayot ( Afar ) Webiga Dir ( Somali )
Country: Ethiopia
Regions: Afar , Oromia , Addis Ababa , Central Ethiopia
Cities: Addis Ababa , Metehara , Awash , Gewane , Asaita , Awash 7 Kilo, Ambo, Sebeta , Bishoftu , Gelan, Adama , Modjo
Source: Ethiopian Highlands
Location: Near the town of Ginchi , West Shewa , Oromia
Elevation: 2,929 m (9,610 ft)
Mouth: Lake Abbe
Coordinates: 11°08′53″N 41°41′08″E / 11.14806°N 41.68556°E / 11.14806; 41.68556
Length: 1,200 km (750 mi)
Basin size: 69,196 km (26,717 sq mi)
Average: 151.9 m /s (5,360 cu ft/s)
Minimum: 37.9 m /s (1,340 cu ft/s)
Maximum: 510.5 m /s (18,030 cu ft/s)
Population: 17,900,000
Left: Logiya , Mille , Borkana , Ataye , Hawadi , Kabenna , Dukem , Germama , Akaki , Dechatu , Keleta , and Modjo Rivers
Right: Gololcha

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: river
Country: Ethiopia
Image: Awash river.jpg
Length: 1200

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tributary: Borkana River
mouth of the watercourse: Lake Abbe
Commons category: Awash River
lake on watercourse: Lake Abbe
watershed area: 64000
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
different from: Awash

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Article · Español

El Awash, antiguamente denominado Hawash (en amhárico: አዋሽ ወንዝ, awaš wänz; en afar: We'ayot, oromo: Awaash) es un río localizado en el este de Etiopía. Se origina en las zonas montañosas del área central etíope, a una altitud de 3000 msnm. En 1980, la Unesco declaró Patrimonio de la Humanidad al valle bajo del Awash al considerar que alberga «uno de los más importantes conjuntos de yacimientos paleontológicos del continente africano».

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