Tekeze River

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geographical feature river

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.

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All labels observed (5)

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

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Setit River ⓘ
Takkaze River ⓘ
Tekeze River ⓘ
surface form: Tekezé River
carves deep gorge ⓘ
climateZone tropical highland and semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
countryBasin Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
damLocation Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: 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 Atbara River ⓘ
surface form: Atbarah River
hasValleyType deep canyon ⓘ
importance major river of northern Ethiopia ⓘ
major tributary of the Atbarah River ⓘ
languageVariantName Tekeze River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tekeze (English)

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 ⓘ
surface form: Tigray Region
region East Africa ⓘ
riverSystem Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River basin
sourceCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
sourceRegion Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
tributaryOf Atbara River ⓘ
surface form: Atbarah River
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

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 → Tekeze River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekezé River
Tekeze River → alsoKnownAs → Tekeze River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekezé River
Tekeze River → languageVariantName → Tekeze River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekeze (English)
Täkkäze (Amharic transliteration) → transliterates → Tekeze River ⓘ
subject surface form: Täkkäze
Täkkäze (Amharic transliteration) → refersTo → Tekeze River ⓘ
subject surface form: Täkkäze
Täkkäze (Amharic transliteration) → alternateNameOf → Tekeze River ⓘ
subject surface form: Täkkäze
Tekeze River Bridge (Ethiopia) → crosses → Tekeze River ⓘ
Tekeze River Bridge (Ethiopia) → namedAfter → Tekeze River ⓘ
Tekeze Dam → locatedOnRiver → Tekeze River ⓘ
Tekeze Dam → riverCrossed → Tekeze River ⓘ
Tekeze Dam → watercourse → Tekeze River ⓘ
Tekeze Dam → namedAfter → Tekeze River ⓘ
Humera → locatedOn → Tekeze River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekezé River
Alamata → locatedInRiverBasin → Tekeze River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekeze River basin
Takkaze River → alsoKnownAs → Tekeze River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekezé River
Takkaze River → alsoKnownAs → Tekeze River ⓘ
Setit River area → locatedAlong → Tekeze River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekezé River
Setit River area → partOf → Tekeze River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tekezé River basin