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.
Because it is relatively accessible to scientists, Lake Hawassa is the most studied of the Rift Valley lakes in Ethiopia. According to William Taylor, a member of the African Lakes and Rivers Research Group at the University of Waterloo, Lake Hawassa is, despite its lack of an outflow, "essentially a freshwater lake (conductivity is variable, but less than 1,000) indicating that it must have a subterranean outlet."[1]
^Lake Awassa Archived 2007-08-07 at archive.today, University of Waterloo website (accessed 1 October 2006)
LakeHawassa 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...
Hawassa (Amharic: አዋሳ; ʾäwasa, also spelled Awassa or Awasa) known historically as Adare is a city in Ethiopia, on the shores of LakeHawassa in the Great...
with 98.5% of the vote. Sidama Region is northeast of Lake Abaya and southeast of LakeHawassa. Sidama is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region (except...
lived in Addis Ababa but had a second residence in Hawassa in the Sidama Region close to LakeHawassa. Afewerk Tekle died on 10 April 2012 from severe stomach...
a list of lakes of Ethiopia, located completely or partially within the country's borders. Lake Chelelektu Lake Gargori Lake Laitali Lakes portal Rift...
Sidama then led an exodus westwards towards their modern homeland around LakeHawassa. According to oral traditions, the Sidama settlers had found the area...
Hawassa Zuria is a woreda in Sidama Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Great Rift Valley, Hawassa Zuria is bordered on the south by Shebedino and Boricha...
and a large obsidian dome called Chebbi. The Awasa Caldera contains LakeHawassa and the town of Awasa, the Corbetti caldera contains half of the Senkelle...
staff and offices every day. In 2010, Haile opened Haile Resorts in LakeHawassa, and the resort quickly expanded to include destinations in Amhara, Oromia...
Athlete Haile Gebrselassie founded the resort in May 2010 based in LakeHawassa about 250 miles south of Addis Ababa. Since then, the company has increased...
of Wolayita is Sodo. Other major towns are Areka, Boditi, Tebela, Bale Hawassa, Gesuba, Gununo, Bedessa and Dimtu. Wolayita has 358 kilometres (222 mi)...
different times before the Italian occupation. Its largest settlement was Hawassa (Awasa). Following the liberation of Ethiopia from Italy in 1942, the provinces...
Bureau, p. 31 Gedecho, Ermias Kifle (2015), "Urban Tourism Potential of Hawassa City, Ethiopia", American Journal of Tourism Research, 4 (1): 35, doi:10...
Ababa University Ethiopian Civil Service University Haramaya University Hawassa University Jimma University Mekelle University St. Mary's University Wollega...
the south to extensive Afromontane in the northern and southwestern parts. Lake Tana in the north is the source of the Blue Nile. It also has many endemic...
Oromia Region 40,884,000 284,538 Addis Ababa Sidama Region 5,301,868 12,000 Hawassa Somali Region 12,657,000 279,525 Jijiga South Ethiopia Regional State 7...
Ababa University Ethiopian Civil Service University Haramaya University Hawassa University Jimma University Mekelle University St. Mary's University Wollega...
the remnants of the 21st Division, who had escaped around the north end of Lake Abijatta. The loot included more than 4,000 officers and men, 6 medium tanks...
Ababa University Ethiopian Civil Service University Haramaya University Hawassa University Jimma University Mekelle University St. Mary's University Wollega...
Federation. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2023. "FIFA U-17 World Cup: Salt Lake Stadium capacity reduced to 66,687". 10 September 2017. Archived from the...
Awoke (January 1985). THE KORE OF ETHIOPIA: A HISTORICAL SURVEY (BA). Hawassa University. Retrieved 28 May 2022. "West Guji Conflict". Ethiopia Peace...
serves as the pivot of academic pursuit. It was opened to students at the Lake Nwaebere campus on 9 November 1981. The pioneer librarian was Mr Joseph Chike...
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