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Key facts
- Location
- Ethiopia – Djibouti border
- Type
- Salt lake
- Primary inflows
- Awash River
- Primary outflows
- None
- Basin countries
- Djibouti, Ethiopia
- Max length
- 17 km (11 mi)
- Max width
- 19 km (12 mi)
- Surface area
- 320 km (120 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 8.6 metres (28 ft)
- Max depth
- 37 metres (121 ft)
- Surface elevation
- 243 metres (797 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- salt lake
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Area
- 320
- Elevation
- 243
- Image
- East Africa-Lake Abbe.jpg
- Length
- 24
- Connects with
- Lake Gummare
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- Commons category
- Lake Abbe
- inflows
- Awash River
- watershed area
- 64000
- vertical depth
- 37
- volume as quantity
- 3
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Abbe, also known as Lake Abhe Bad, is a salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is one of a chain of six connected lakes, which also includes (from north to south) lakes Gargori, Laitali, Gummare, Bario and Afambo. The lake is the ultimate destination of the Awash River, which is at the center of the Afar Triangle. Lake Abbe is considered one of the most inaccessible areas of the earth. The water itself is known for its flamingos.
Overview
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Abbe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.