🌊 Lake Hawassa

Ethiopia · Africa · 1,708 m · 7.05°N, 38.43°E

Lake Hawassa or Awasa, is an endorheic basin in Sidama Region of Ethiopia, located in the Main Ethiopian Rift south of Addis Ababa, the capital city of the country. According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, the lake is 16 km long and 9 km wide, with a surface area of 129 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 10 meters and is located at an elevation of 1,708 meters. It is located inside the Awasa Caldera.

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Quick facts

Country	Ethiopia
Continent / region	Africa
Surface elevation	1,708 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	7.05°N, 38.43°E · view on map

Lake Hawassa sits at 1,708 m in Ethiopia, in Africa. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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