Chew Bahir
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| Geographical location | Ethiopia and Kenya ( East Africa ) | |
| Tributaries | Gelana Dulei and others | |
| Drain | no | |
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 41 '12 " N , 36 ° 51' 6" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 520 m | |
| surface | ~ 800 km² | |
| Maximum depth | 7.5 m | |
The Chew Bahir ( Amharic ጨው ባህር , č'äw bahər [ t͡ʃʼəwbahɨr ]; also Lake Stefanie ) is a lake in southern Ethiopia , its southern tip is already on Kenyan territory .
The Chew Bahir does not have a natural runoff, its area varies depending on the inflow. Sometimes it is completely dried up to its deepest points in the northeast, while with sufficient rainfall it represents a shallow inland water with up to 2000 km².
In the past, the lake reached dimensions five times the size of Lake Constance .
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The water is so salty due to evaporation that it is unsuitable for cultivation and irrigation purposes . In the tidal flats there are mainly plants that can survive despite the high salt content, such as sedge . The wildlife is dominated by birds , especially for its flamingo population .
The lake was "discovered" in 1888 by the Austro-Hungarian expedition Count Telekis and Ludwig von Höhnels , who named the lake after the wife of Crown Prince Rudolf , Stephanie of Belgium .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus L. Fischer, Monika Markowska, Felix Bachofer, Verena E. Foerster, Asfawossen Asrat, Christoph Zielhofer, Martin H. Trauth, Annett Junginger: Determining the Pace and Magnitude of Lake Level Changes in Southern Ethiopia Over the Last 20,000 Years Using Lake Balance modeling and SEBAL . In: Frontiers in Earth Science . June 30, 2020 ( frontiersin.org [accessed July 9, 2020]).