Lake Tana Africa Map
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.
Lake tana africa map. Lake tana is a lake in ethiopia and has an elevation of 1786 meters. Summary the first edition of robert cheesman s interesting look at the blue nile and lake tana illustrated with folding maps and plates. Lake tana is located in the highlands of northwestern ethiopia fig. 12 1 35 7528 longitude.
Bahir dar and blue nile waterfalls br br bahir dar is situated on lake tana which is dotted with island monasteries some dating back to the 14th century. Its maximum depth is 45 feet 14 metres. 37 18 12 5424 latitude. Lake tana largest lake of ethiopia in a depression of the northwest plateau 6 000 feet 1 800 metres above sea level.
E 37 18 209 latitude. Lake tana is fed by the gilgel abay reb and gumara rivers. Chessman 1936 macmillan and co limited. They are known as tis issat in amharic when translated means smoking water they are situated on the upper course of the river about 30 kilometers downstream from the town of.
N 12 1 5959 longitude. The water surface area is 3000 3600 km 2 and the maximum water depth is 14 m. Its 30 odd islands represent today a unique natural habitat for plant life br br the blue nile falls are a waterfall on the blue nile river in ethiopia. The reputed source of the blue nile is the.
First edition folding maps folding plates illustrated publishers original binding. London 9 by 6 xiv 400pp. The average altitude of lake tana is approximately 1800 m and the area of the basin including water surface area is 15 096 km 2. Lake tana the blue nile an abyssinian quest major r.
Located in amhara region in the north western ethiopian highlands the lake is approximately 84 kilometres 52 miles long and 66 kilometres 41 miles wide with a maximum depth of 15 metres 49 feet and an elevation of 1 788 metres 5 866 feet.