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discharge of 21.6 cubic metres per second (760 cu ft/s) in average over the year, and 870 cubic metres per second (31,000 cu ft/s) in peaks. Its headwaters rise south-west of Asmara in central
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866:Categories
459:References
377:Obel River
250:Gash River
229:Obel River
166:Basin size
18:Gash River
754:Blue Nile
662:Wadi Laba
278:37°54.8′E
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178:Discharge
78:Countries
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524:Archived
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769:Galetti
764:Didessa
734:Atbarah
627:Comaile
612:Aligide
596:Eritrea
415:Debarwa
407:Red Sea
383:History
361:Takazze
353:Kassala
306:14°38′N
262:Eritrea
242:Italian
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258:القاش
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