Astapous (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
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Astapous fl. (Blue Nile or Amharic or an-Nīl al-Azraq (النيل الأزرق an-Nīl)) is a major river of Africa and a tributary of the Nile river. Its source is Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39298
11.8623299273, 35.5145754553
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: Blue Nile (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Astapous (30 BC - AD 300)
- Astapous (river) flows into Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Lake Tana flows into Astapous (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 A3 Astapous fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Blue Nile ETH
D.T. Potts, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Astapous (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39298> [accessed: 30 December 2024]
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