Tekeze River

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The Tekeze River is a major river in the Horn of Africa that flows through northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, carving one of the deepest gorges in Africa before joining the Atbarah River.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tekeze River canonical 11
Tekezé River 5
Tekeze (English) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
alsoKnownAs Setit River
Takkaze River
Tekezé River
linked to: Tekeze River
carves deep gorge
climateZone tropical highland and semi-arid
continent Africa
country Eritrea
Ethiopia
countryBasin Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
damLocation Tigray Region
linked to: Tigray region
drainageBasinFeature mountainous terrain
semi-arid lowlands
ecoregion Ethiopian Highlands ecoregions
erosionalFeature steep cliffs
flowsDirection generally westward
flowsInto Nile basin via Atbarah River
flowsThrough Eritrea
northern Ethiopia
formsBorderBetween Eritrea
Ethiopia
hasBridge Tekeze River Bridge (Ethiopia)
hasFloods seasonal flooding
hasHistoricalSignificance traditional boundary in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea
hasHydropowerDam Tekeze Dam
hasMouth Atbarah River
linked to: Atbara River
hasValleyType deep canyon
importance major river of northern Ethiopia
major tributary of the Atbarah River
languageVariantName Tekeze (English)
linked to: Tekeze River

Täkkäze (Amharic transliteration)
locatedIn Horn of Africa
mouthLocation Sudan
notableFor one of the deepest gorges in Africa
partOf East African Rift-related drainage
passesNear Amhara Region
Tigray Region
linked to: Tigray region
region East Africa
riverSystem Nile River basin
linked to: Nile
sourceCountry Ethiopia
sourceRegion Ethiopian Highlands
tributaryOf Atbarah River
linked to: Atbara River
usedFor fishing
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian Highlands sourceOf Tekeze River
Atbara River hasTributary Tekezé River
linked to: Tekeze River
Tekeze River alsoKnownAs Tekezé River
linked to: Tekeze River
Tekeze River languageVariantName Tekeze (English)
linked to: Tekeze River
Täkkäze transliterates Tekeze River
Täkkäze refersTo Tekeze River
Täkkäze alternateNameOf Tekeze River
Tekeze Dam locatedOnRiver Tekeze River
Tekeze Dam riverCrossed Tekeze River
Tekeze Dam watercourse Tekeze River
Tekeze Dam namedAfter Tekeze River
Humera locatedOn Tekezé River
linked to: Tekeze River
Alamata locatedInRiverBasin Tekeze River basin
linked to: Tekeze River
Takkaze River alsoKnownAs Tekezé River
linked to: Tekeze River
Takkaze River alsoKnownAs Tekeze River
Setit River area locatedAlong Tekezé River
linked to: Tekeze River
Setit River area partOf Tekezé River basin
linked to: Tekeze River