Lake Assal seen from space

Lake Karum in the Ethiopian portion of the northern Afar Depression is also sometimes called Lake Assal.

Lake Asal is a crater lake in central Djibouti, located at 11.6644444° N 42.4013889° E. It lies 155 m below sea level in the Afar Depression and is the lowest point in Africa. It measures 10 by 7 km and has an area of 54 km². The mean depth is 7.4 meters, which makes for a water volume of 400 Million m³. The catchment area measures 900 km². The lake has a salinity of 35%, which makes it the world's saltiest lake. It is surrounded by a salt pan, which is still mined, the salt being transported by caravan to Ethiopia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x702, 220 KB) Lake Assal in Djibouti File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lake Asal (Djibouti) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x702, 220 KB) Lake Assal in Djibouti File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lake Asal (Djibouti) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Lake Karum (also known as Lake Assal) is a lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. ... View from the rim The Old Man of the Lake (with extreme clarity of water apparent) Crater Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Oregon that is 5 by 6 miles (8 by 9. ... 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. ... For other uses, see Africa (disambiguation). ... Annual mean sea surface salinity for the World Ocean. ... A salt pan is a geological formation found in deserts. ... Look up caravan and Caravan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...