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- Gilo_River abstract "The Gilo River (also transliterated as Gelo) is a river in the Gambela Region of southwestern Ethiopia. It is also known by a variety of names: the Gimira of Dizu call it the "Mene", while the Gemira of Chako call it "Owis", and Amhara and Oromo settlers in the early 20th century knew it by a third name, "Bako". From its source in the Ethiopian Highlands near Mizan Teferi it flows to the west, through Lake Tata to join the Pibor River on Ethiopia's border with Sudan. The combined waters then join the Sobat River and the White Nile.Lying between the Baro River and Akobo River, the Gilo River flows mainly through the Baro Salient, a portion of Ethiopia that juts westward into Sudan. The river valley was subjected to a great deal of prospecting for gold before World War II and in the 1950s, but not enough was found to make commercial extraction viable.Jessen, who was part of W.N. McMillan's expedition that travelled through this part of southwestern Ethiopia in 1904, estimated its length at 200 miles, and noted that at flood the width of the Gilo reaches 80 to 10000000000 yards, with a depth of about 20000 feet. Jessen further wrote that at the time of his visit. The river abounds with fish, and as a natural consequence the crocodiles are very numerous and large. At midday practically every sandbank is covered with them. It is a remarkable fact that the hippopotami are conspicuous by their absence, only one having been seen and killed many years ago, as these animals are plentiful everywhere else in these countries.↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".
- Gilo_River wikiPageID "15579429".
- Gilo_River wikiPageRevisionID "592088557".
- Gilo_River hasPhotoCollection Gilo_River.
- Gilo_River subject Category:Gambela_Region.
- Gilo_River subject Category:Rivers_of_Ethiopia.
- Gilo_River subject Category:Sobat_River.
- Gilo_River point "8.133333333333333 33.2".
- Gilo_River type BodyOfWater109225146.
- Gilo_River type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Gilo_River type River109411430.
- Gilo_River type RiversOfEthiopia.
- Gilo_River type Stream109448361.
- Gilo_River type Thing100002452.
- Gilo_River type YagoGeoEntity.
- Gilo_River type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Gilo_River type SpatialThing.
- Gilo_River comment "The Gilo River (also transliterated as Gelo) is a river in the Gambela Region of southwestern Ethiopia. It is also known by a variety of names: the Gimira of Dizu call it the "Mene", while the Gemira of Chako call it "Owis", and Amhara and Oromo settlers in the early 20th century knew it by a third name, "Bako". From its source in the Ethiopian Highlands near Mizan Teferi it flows to the west, through Lake Tata to join the Pibor River on Ethiopia's border with Sudan.".
- Gilo_River label "Gilo River".
- Gilo_River label "Rio Gilo".
- Gilo_River label "吉羅河".
- Gilo_River sameAs Rio_Gilo.
- Gilo_River sameAs m.03mgd1n.
- Gilo_River sameAs 336506.
- Gilo_River sameAs Q4784098.
- Gilo_River sameAs Q4784098.
- Gilo_River sameAs Gilo_River.
- Gilo_River lat "8.133333333333333".
- Gilo_River long "33.2".
- Gilo_River wasDerivedFrom Gilo_River?oldid=592088557.
- Gilo_River isPrimaryTopicOf Gilo_River.