Baḥr as-Salam

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Baḥr as-Salam

river, East Africa

Also known as: Angereb River

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Nile River
Physiography of Nile River
…Atbara are the Angereb (Arabic: Baḥr Al-Salam) and the Tekezē (Amharic: “Terrible”; Arabic: Nahr Satīt). The Tekezē is the most important of these, having a basin more than double the area of the Atbara itself. It rises among the high peaks of the Ethiopian highlands and flows north through a…
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…Atbara are the Angereb (Arabic: Baḥr Al-Salam) and the Tekezē (Amharic: “Terrible”; Arabic: Nahr Satīt). The Tekezē is the most important of these, having a basin more than double the area of the Atbara itself. It rises among the high peaks of the Ethiopian highlands and flows north through a…
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