Lake Asal
Djibouti /
Jibuti /
Arta /
World
/ Djibouti
/ Jibuti
/ Arta
World / Djibouti / Tadjourah
lake, salt lake
Lake Asal (Ar: بحيرة عسل) is a rift lake in central Djibouti, located at the southern border of Tadjoura Region, touching Dikhil Region. It lies 153 m (502 ft below sea level in the Afar Depression and is the lowest point in Africa. It measures 10 by 7 km and has an area of 54 km². The mean depth is 7.4 meters, which makes for a water volume of 400 million m³. The catchment area measures 900 km². It is surrounded by a salt pan (extending west and mainly northwest). The salt is mined and transported by caravan to Ethiopia.
Lake Asal is the most saline body of water on earth with 34.8 percent salt concentration[1] (at a depth of 20 meters, as much as 39.8 percent has been measured). This is even more than that of the Dead Sea. The sources of the lake are subsurface springs, which are fed by the Gulf of Tadjoura (Golfe de Tadjoura), the eastern extension of the Gulf of Aden, specifically the nearly closed-off bay Ghoubet Kharab, about 10 km southeast of the lake.
Lake Asal is the most saline body of water on earth with 34.8 percent salt concentration[1] (at a depth of 20 meters, as much as 39.8 percent has been measured). This is even more than that of the Dead Sea. The sources of the lake are subsurface springs, which are fed by the Gulf of Tadjoura (Golfe de Tadjoura), the eastern extension of the Gulf of Aden, specifically the nearly closed-off bay Ghoubet Kharab, about 10 km southeast of the lake.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Asal_(Djibouti)
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Coordinates: 11°40'3"N 42°24'20"E
- Lake Gemeri 85 km
- Lake Afambo 86 km
- Lake Bario 97 km
- Tendaho Reservoir 163 km
- Traditional Salt Mining in Dankalia 164 km
- Lake Afrera 256 km
- Lake Ardibo 293 km
- Lake Hayk 298 km
- Bakili Lake 333 km
- Lake Asale 351 km
- Ardoukoba (Asal) Rift 13 km
- Devil's Islands (îles du Diable) 20 km
- Ghoubbet-el-Kharab (Lake Ghoubbet) 27 km
- Cemetery 27 km
- Day Forest National Park 34 km
- Garbes Fumarole Volcano 36 km
- ambabo 45 km
- Djibouti Military Base in Arta 49 km
- Grand bara(baadha wayn) 51 km
- Gulf of Tadjoura 63 km
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