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Awash River

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A·wash River  wäsh) also Ha·wash River (hä-)
A river of eastern Ethiopia flowing about 805 km (500 mi) northeast to the Danakil Desert.


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Their land is hemmed in by sugar plantations, which are expanding on an enormous scale this year, planned all along the rich Awash river plains, where pastoralists find water during the dry season.
Afterwards he spent a month hunting alone in the hostile Danakil desert of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), a thrilling experience which led three years later to his successful exploration of the Awash River.
 
 
 
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