Lake Abaya
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lake in Southern Ethiopia
Key facts
- Primary inflows
- Bilate River , Gidabo River , Gelana River
- Basin countries
- Ethiopia
- Max length
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Max width
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Surface area
- 1,162 km (449 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 7.1 m (23 ft)
- Max depth
- 13.1 m (43 ft)
- Water volume
- 8.2 km (2.0 cu mi)
- Surface elevation
- 1,175 m (3,855 ft)
- Settlements
- Arba Minch
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Area
- 1250
- Elevation
- 1400
- Image
- Lake Abaya.jpg
- Width
- 20
- Length
- 60
- Connects with
- Lake Chamo
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- Commons category
- Lake Abaya
- residence time of water
- 7.7
- vertical depth
- 13
- basin country
- Ethiopia
- watershed area
- 17300
- volume as quantity
- 8.2
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Abaya as seen from a Dorze village. On the far right Arba Minch and Lake Chamo can be seen. Between the two lakes is the Nechisar National Park. Lake Abaya (Amharic: አባያ ሐይቅ) is a lake in the South Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. It is located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, east of the Guge Mountain.
The town of Arba Minch lies on its southwestern shore, and the southern shores are part of the Nechisar National Park. Just to the south is Lake Chamo. Savanna, known for its wildlife and birdlife, surrounds the lake, which is also fished by local people. According to the Ethiopian Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, 412 tonnes of fish are landed each year, which the department estimates is 69% of its sustainable amount.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Abaya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations