Lake Assal is a crater lake in central Djibouti. It lies 150 m below sea level in the Afar Depression and is the lowest point in Africa. The lake is extremely salty and is surrounded by a salt pan, which is still mined, the salt being transported by caravan to Ethiopia. For the general term of a geological feature that goes by the same name, see crater lake. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and third most populous. ... In chemistry, salt is a general term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ... A salt pan is a geological formation found in deserts. ... Caravans comprise land-based trading convoys, often utilising the camel as a beast of burden, and generally associated with crossing deserts in Asia or Africa. ...
Exceptionnelle région que celle du lacAssal et du lac du Ghoubet, où naît petit à petit l’océan érythréen.
Ainsi, le relief s’abaisse (le lacAssal se situe à 157 m au-dessous du niveau de la mer), les laves émergent depuis les profondeurs de la Terre et, en refroidissant, forment les cônes volcaniques et ces « champs » noirs, qui seront un jour sous les eaux du futur océan.
The region between Lake Assal and Lake Ghoubbet is an extraordinary one where, little by little, an Eritrean ocean is in the process of being born.
Le LacAssal est en effet une curiosité naturelle d'une grande beauté, dans un cadre de volcans et de laves noires, à 155 mètres au-dessous du niveau de la mer, bordé de banquises de sel et de gypse d'une éblouissante blancheur.
La région du LacAssal est sans conteste l'une des plus chaudes de la planète avec des températures pouvant atteindre 50°.
Le LacAssal figure parmi les plus étonnants phénomènes du globe.
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