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Lake Shala

Ethiopia / Oromia / Negele /
 lake, caldera
Lake Shala, the deepest, most voluminous lake in Ethiopia, is set at an altitude of 1,559 meters (5,115 feet), in the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER), about 225 kilometers (140 miles) south of Addis Ababa.

The lake is 27km (17 miles) long, and is up to 16km (10 miles) wide. With the surface area of 314 km² (121 mi²), it has a maximum depth of 266 meters (873 feet), and a mean depth of 86m (282 feet). It's estimated to contain 38 billion m³ (1.34 trillion ft³) of water, the amount much larger than that of Lakes, Tanan, Ziway, Abyata, Langano and Awassa combined.

Lake Shala, along with its northerly neighbor, Lake Abyata form part of the Abyata-Shala National Park.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Ethiopian_Rift
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27a_Caldera

Reference: National Atlas of Ethiopia, 1988.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Shala
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Coordinates:   7°27'54"N   38°30'41"E

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  • test (guest)
    The deepest lake in Ethiopia