Ambouli Oued
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Ambouli Ambouli Oued |
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 Djibouti
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| River system | Ambouli | |
| source | in the Arta region, 11 ° 23 ′ 8 ″ N , 42 ° 36 ′ 11 ″ E |
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| muzzle | between downtown Djibouti and Balbala in the Gulf of Tadjoura Coordinates: 11 ° 35 ′ 13 ″ N , 43 ° 7 ′ 14 ″ E, 11 ° 35 ′ 13 ″ N , 43 ° 7 ′ 14 ″ E
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| Catchment area | approx. 600 km² | |
| Big cities | Djibouti | |
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The Ambouli (Ambouli Oued) is a seasonal water-bearing body of water in Djibouti .
description
It flows in a west-east direction into the city of Djibouti , where it turns north and flows into the Gulf of Tadjoura . It separates the older districts from the younger Balbala district . The Djibouti-Ambouli airport takes its name from the river.
The catchment area of the Ambouli covers around 600 km². Horticulture is practiced on its banks in the city. In the rainy season, floods can occur, in which 300 people were last killed in 2004.
swell
- Daoud Aboubaker Alwan, Yohanis Mibrathu: Historical Dictionary of Djibouti , Scarecrow Press 2000, ISBN 978-0810838734 (13)
- Hervé Lévite, Tabarek Mohamed Ismaël: Challenges of Integrated River Basin Management in the Case of a Non-perennial River in Djibouti (East Africa)