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Lake Tana Lake Tana Goatherds with a flock of goats walk along a dirt path near the shore of Lake Tana, with scattered trees and distant water under a clear sky in Ethiopia.
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Lake Tana
Lake Tana

Lake Tana

lake, Ethiopia
Also known as: Koloe, Pseboa
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Lake Tana, largest lake of Ethiopia, in a depression of the northwest plateau, 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) above sea level. It forms the main reservoir for the Blue Nile (Abbay) River, which drains its southern extremity near Bahir Dar. The lake’s surface covers 1,418 square miles (3,673 square km), with a surrounding drainage of 4,500 square miles (11,650 square km); its maximum depth is 45 feet (14 meters). The reputed source of the Blue Nile...

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