Lake Tana
lake in Ethiopia
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Summary
Lake Tana is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,783 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Amhara Region[3]
- Country: Ethiopia[4]
- Inflows: Lesser Abay River[5], Reb River[6], Gumara River[7], Magech River[8]
- Outflows: Blue Nile[9], Tana-Beles interbasin water transfer[10]
- Basin country: Ethiopia[11]
- Commons category: Lake Tana[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Tana[13]
- Commons gallery: Lake Tana[14]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17]
- Length: 84 km[18]
- Elevation above sea level: 1788 m[19], 1830 m[20]
- Area: 2156 km²[21], 3600 km²[22]
- Width: 66 km[23]
- Watershed area: 16,500 km²[24]
- Volume as quantity: 28 cubic kilometre[25]
- Residence time of water: 8.9 years[26]
- Vertical depth: 14 m[27], 8 m[28]
- Drainage basin: Nile basin[29]
Why It Matters
Lake Tana has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]