Lake Karum (also known as Lake Assale or Asale) is a salt lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. One of two salt lakes in the northern end of the Danakil Depression (the other one being Lake Afrera), it lies 120 m (394 ft) below sea level.[1] The volcano Erta Ale rises southeast of this lake.
Werner Munzinger, who traveled through the Afar Depression in 1867, recorded that this lake was fed by four streams: The Didic, the Ala, the Rira Guddy, and the Ragali or Awra, which is the only permanent stream flowing into Lake Karum.[2]
North of Lake Karum is the former mining-settlement of Dallol. The lake is extremely salty and is surrounded by a salt-pan, which is still mined. The salt is transported by caravan to the rest of the country.
Salt flat at Lake Karum
Water of Lake Karum, visible through a hole in the salt flat
Salt workers at work
Processed salt
Salt transport by a camel train
^Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 114. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
^Munzinger, "Narrative of a Journey through the Afar Country", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 39 (1869), p. 204
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Salt flat at Lake Karum
Water of Lake Karum, visible through a hole in the salt flat
Salt workers at work
Processed salt
Salt transport by a camel train
