Abijatta

Abijatta
	The Langano on the right, the Abijatta in the middle and the Shala on the left
Geographical location	Oromia , Ethiopia
Tributaries	Bulbar from Zway , Horo Kelo from Langano
	Data
Coordinates	7 ° 37 ′ N , 38 ° 36 ′ E Coordinates: 7 ° 37 ′ N , 38 ° 36 ′ E
Altitude above sea level	1573 m
surface	205 km²
length	16.6 km
width	14.6 km
Maximum depth	14 m

Abijatta ( Amharic አሲያታ ሐይቅ , asiyatta hayq ) is a salinizing lake in the Abijatta Shalla National Park , south of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia .

According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68 , Lake Abijatta was 17 kilometers long, 15 kilometers wide and had a surface area of 205 square kilometers. At its deepest point, it was 14 meters deep. It lies at 1573 meters above sea level. In 1973 the lake still had an area of 197 square kilometers, but by 2006 its area had shrunk to 88 square kilometers. The water depth decreased from 13 to 7 meters in 1989. There are no more fish in Lake Abijatta today because of the high salt content. The reason for the decline of the lake is the intensive agriculture built up with funds from internationally active companies (e.g. Groupe Castel , viticulture; Afriflora Sher , rose cultivation) and the fact that small farmers also illegally take water from the tributaries. Sand is also illegally mined. The Abijatta-Shalla Soda Ash Company (45% state-owned Ethiopian owned in April 2019) uses the lake's water to produce baking soda . The company is accused of heavily polluting the lake with chemicals, an accusation that the company has so far rejected.

On the northeast corner of the lake are several hot springs that are used for recreation by both tourists and locals.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Christelle Gérard; translated by Ursel Schäfer: Salt and Roses - The dark side of the Ethiopian economic miracle . In: Barbara Bauer, Anna Lerch (Ed.): Le Monde diplomatique . No. 04/25 . TAZ / WOZ , April 2019, ISSN 1434-2561 , p. 8 (quoted there from: Debelle Jebessa Wako: Settlement expansion and natural resource management problems in the Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Park . In: Walia, No. 26, Addis Abeba 2009.).

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Christelle Gérard; translated by Ursel Schäfer: Salt and Roses - The dark side of the Ethiopian economic miracle . In: Barbara Bauer, Anna Lerch (Ed.): Le Monde diplomatique . No. 04/25 . TAZ / WOZ , April 2019, ISSN 1434-2561 , p. 8 (quoted there from: Debelle Jebessa Wako: Settlement expansion and natural resource management problems in the Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Park . In: Walia, No. 26, Addis Abeba 2009.).