Awasa lake

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Awasa lake
LakeAwasa1.jpg
Geographical location EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia
region of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples
Drain no surface drainage
Places on the shore Awassa
Data
Coordinates 7 ° 3 '  N , 38 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 7 ° 3 '  N , 38 ° 26'  E
Awasa Lake (Ethiopia)
Awasa lake
Altitude above sea level 1680  m
surface 88 km²
length 16 km
width 9 km
Maximum depth 22 m

particularities

no surface drainage

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Lake Awasa ( Amharic አዋሳ ሐይቅ , Awasa Hayk ') is a lake in Ethiopia , located in the Rift Valley about 200 km south of Addis Ababa .

description

The lake is 16 kilometers long and 9 kilometers wide, with an area of ​​88 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 22 meters and is located at an altitude of 1680 meters.

exploration

Because it is relatively easily accessible to scientists, the lake is the best-studied of the Rift Valley lakes in Ethiopia. According to William Taylor, a member of the African Lakes and Rivers Research Group at the University of Waterloo : “Despite the lack of a drainage facility, Awasa Lake is essentially a freshwater lake (conductivity is variable, but less than 1000 µS) which indicates this that it must have an underground drain. "

Lake Awasa is polymictic , although periods of stratification occur in the dry season. Oxygen starvation quickly develops under the thermocline when stratification occurs.

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