Lake Chamo
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| Coordinates | 5°50′N 37°33′E / 5.833°N 37.55°ECoordinates: 5°50′N 37°33′E / 5.833°N 37.55°E |
| Basin countries | Ethiopia |
| Max. length | 26 km |
| Max. width | 22 km |
| Surface area | 551 km² |
| Max. depth | 10 m |
| Surface elevation | 1,235 m |
Lake Chamo (Chamo Hayk in Amharic) is a lake in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region of southern Ethiopia. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at an elevation of 1,235 meters. It is just to the south of Lake Abaya and the city of Arba Minch, and east of the Guge Mountains.
The lake's northern end lies in the Nechisar National Park. According to figures published by the Central Statistical Agency, Lake Chamo is 26 kilometers long and 22 wide, with a surface area of 551 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 10 meters.[1] The lake is fringed with beds of Typha, as well as wetlands. It has a catchment of about 2220 square kilometers in size, and the lake is fed by the Kulfo River and several small streams, as well as overflow from Lake Abaya brought to it by the Ualo River.[2] Oscar Neumann, exploring the area in 1901, found a dry channel connecting Lake Chamo to the Sagan River, which led him to conclude the lake contributes to the Sagan in years of heavy rainfall.[3] In some years, Chamo is fed by overflow from Lake Abaya.
Wildlife include fish like the catfish Bagrus docmac and Nile perch, as well as hippopotamus and Nile crocodiles.[2]
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- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table A.2
- ^ a b Robert Mepham, R. H. Hughes, and J. S. Hughes, A directory of African wetlands, (Cambridge: IUCN, UNEP and WCMC, 1992), p. 163
- ^ Oscar Neumann, "From the Somali Coast through Southern Ethiopian to the Sudan", Geographical Journal, 20 (October 1902), pp. 373-398
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