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The Umba River is located in northeastern Tanzania in Tanga Region. It rises in Schageiuforest (Shagayu) in the West Usambara Mountains at 2,000 m altitude and flows on the north side of the mountain range to the east. At it empties the , which comes from the extreme north of the Usambara Mountains, and the into the Umba. Just before the Umba flows into the Indian Ocean, it crosses the border to Kenya. The mouth itself marks the most eastern point on the border between Tanzania and Kenya, which was largely made in a straight line to the northwest towards Lake Victoria in the 19th Century. On the upper reaches of the river in the mid-1960s rich deposits of precious stones, including sapphires and spessartine, were discovered. Also on the river is the , a wildlife reserve that includes alo

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  • Umba (Indischer Ozean) (de)
  • Río Umba (Tanzania) (es)
  • Umba (rzeka w Afryce) (pl)
  • Umba River (Tanzania) (en)
  • 翁巴河 (zh)
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  • Der Umba ist ein Fluss im Nordosten von Tansania in der Region Tanga. (de)
  • Umba - rzeka w Tanzanii i Kenii, uchodzi do Oceanu Indyjskiego. Z nanosu rzecznego w Dolinie Umba na terytorium Tanzanii wydobywane są szafiry Umba. (pl)
  • 翁巴河(Umba River)是坦桑尼亞的河流,位於該國東北部坦噶區,發源自烏桑巴拉山脈海拔高度2,000米處,进入肯尼亞邊境后在隆加隆加注入印度洋,流域面積7,130平方公里。 (zh)
  • El río Umba se encuentra en el noreste de Tanzania, en la región de Tanga. Nace en el bosque de Schageiu (Shagayu), en las montañas Usambara occidentales, a 2.000 m de altitud, y fluye por el lado norte de la cordillera hacia el este.​ En Lelwa desemboca en el río Mbalamu, que procede del extremo norte de los montes Usambara, y el río Mglumi. Justo antes de desembocar en el océano Índico, el Umba cruza la frontera con Kenia. La propia desembocadura marca el punto más oriental de la frontera entre Tanzania y Kenia, que en el siglo XIX se hizo en gran parte en línea recta hacia el noroeste, en dirección al lago Victoria. A mediados de la década de 1960 se descubrieron en el curso superior del río ricos yacimientos de piedras preciosas, como zafiros y espesartina. También en el río se encuent (es)
  • The Umba River is located in northeastern Tanzania in Tanga Region. It rises in Schageiuforest (Shagayu) in the West Usambara Mountains at 2,000 m altitude and flows on the north side of the mountain range to the east. At it empties the , which comes from the extreme north of the Usambara Mountains, and the into the Umba. Just before the Umba flows into the Indian Ocean, it crosses the border to Kenya. The mouth itself marks the most eastern point on the border between Tanzania and Kenya, which was largely made in a straight line to the northwest towards Lake Victoria in the 19th Century. On the upper reaches of the river in the mid-1960s rich deposits of precious stones, including sapphires and spessartine, were discovered. Also on the river is the , a wildlife reserve that includes alo (en)
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  • Umba River (en)
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  • Mglumi; Bombo (en)
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