Omo River

E385538
river

The Omo River is a major river in southwestern Ethiopia that flows from the Ethiopian highlands into Kenya’s Lake Turkana, supporting diverse ecosystems and indigenous communities along its course.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Omo River canonical 3
Omo River region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Omo-Bottego ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Dassanech people ⓘ
Hamar people ⓘ
Karo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mursi people ⓘ
Nyangatom people NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
borderOf Ethiopia–Kenya region ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
dischargeLocation Lake Turkana ⓘ
drainageBasin Omo–Gibe Basin ⓘ
drainsInto Great Rift Valley ⓘ
surface form: Rift Valley system
ecosystemType riverine forest ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Turkana ⓘ
flowsThrough Oromia Region ⓘ
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ
surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region
hasDam Gibe I Dam ⓘ
Gibe II Dam ⓘ
Gibe III Dam ⓘ
hasFeature alluvial floodplains ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasTributary Gibe River ⓘ
Gojeb River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mago River ⓘ
Usno River NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor archaeological sites ⓘ
paleoanthropological significance ⓘ
languageOfName Amharic ⓘ
length approximately 760 km ⓘ
locatedIn Southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
mouthCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
mouthLocation Lake Turkana ⓘ
partOf Turkana Basin ⓘ
surface form: Omo–Turkana Basin
region East Africa ⓘ
sourceElevation over 2,000 m ⓘ
sourceLocation Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
supports diverse ecosystems ⓘ
indigenous communities ⓘ
threatenedBy hydropower development ⓘ
large-scale irrigation projects ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby Lower Valley of the Omo ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Lake Turkana → inflow → Omo River ⓘ
Surmic → geographicCluster → Omo River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omo River region
Meʼen language → isSpokenNear → Omo River ⓘ
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region → contains → Omo River ⓘ