Lake Awasa

Lake Awasa

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Awasa
image_lake = Ethiopia central lakes.jpg
caption_lake = Lake Awasa is the small lake near the bottom of the map, just west of the town of Awasa.
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location =
coords = coord|7|03|N|38|26|E|region:ET_type:waterbody|display=inline,title
type =
inflow =
outflow = "" (?)
catchment =
basin_countries = Ethiopia
length = 16 km
width = 9 km
area = 129 km²
depth =
max-depth = 10 m
volume =
residence_time =
shore =
elevation = 1,708 m
islands =
cities =

Lake Awasa is an endorheic basin in Ethiopia, located in the Rift Valley south of Addis Ababa. According to the "Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68", the lake is 16 kilometers long and 9 wide, with a surface area of 129 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 10 meters and is at an elevation of 1,708 meters.Because it is relatively accessible to scientists, this lake is the most 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, Lake Awasa is, despite its lack of an outflow, "essentially a freshwater lake (conductivity is variable, but less than 1,000) indicating that it must have a subterranean outlet." [ [http://www.biology.uwaterloo.ca/research/uwaeg/african_lakes/Awassa.html Lake Awassa] , University of Waterloo website (accessed 1 October 2006)]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/afr/dsafr005.html ILEC Database entry for Lake Awassa]

ee also

*Rift Valley lakes
*Endorheic basin


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