Lake Tana
Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately 84 kilometres long and 66 kilometres wide, with a maximum depth of 15 metres, and an elevation of 1,788 metres.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 1,788 metres (5,866 feet)
- Description: lake in Ethiopia
- Also known as“Dambiya”“Dembea”“Lake Dembea”“Lake Tsana”“T’ana Hāyk’”“Ṭana Ḥäyq”“Tsana”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
12° north
Longitude
37.33333° or 37° 20′ east
Open location code
7G4V282M+28
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Lake Tana” goes by many names.
TanameerAfrikaans
ጣናAmharic
ጣና ሃይቅAmharic
ጣና ሐይቅAmharic
بحيرة تاناArabic
ԹանաArmenian
TanaAzerbaijani
Tana gölüAzerbaijani
TanaBasque
Tana lakuaBasque
ТанаBelarusian
তানা হ্রদBengali
ताना झीलBhojpuri
Lenn TanaBreton
ДембеяBulgarian
ТанаBulgarian
ЦанаBulgarian
တနကန်Burmese
Llac TanaCatalan
Lake TanaCebuano
塔納湖Chinese
塔纳湖Chinese
ТанаChuvash
Jezero TanaCroatian
TanaCroatian
TanaCzech
Lake TanaDanish
TanasøenDanish
TanameerDutch
بحيرة تاناEgyptian Arabic
TanaEsperanto
TanajärviFinnish
Lago TanaGalician
ტანაGeorgian
Lake DembeaGhanaian Pidgin English
Lake TanaGhanaian Pidgin English
T’ana HāykGhanaian Pidgin English
Ṭana ḤäyqGhanaian Pidgin English
TsanaGhanaian Pidgin English
ΤάναGreek
Tafkin TanaHausa
אגם טאנהHebrew
ימת טאנהHebrew
ताना झीलHindi
Tana-tóHungarian
TanavatnIcelandic
Lago TanaIdo
Danau TanaIndonesian
Lago TanaItalian
タナ湖Japanese
デンベア湖Japanese
トゥサナ湖Japanese
ತಾನಾ ಸರೋವರKannada
Тана көліKazakh
Тана көлүKirghiz
타나호Korean
Lake TanaLatvian
T’anaLatvian
Tanas ezersLatvian
TanaLithuanian
Tanos ežerasLithuanian
ТанаMacedonian
ടാന തടാകംMalayalam
ტანაMingrelian
ტანა (ტობა)Mingrelian
Tana SiaNorthern Frisian
TanasjøenNorwegian
Tana-sjøenNorwegian Bokmål
Lac TanaOccitan (post 1500)
دریاچهٔ تاناPersian
Jezioro TanaPolish
TanaPolish
Tana HajkPolish
Lacul TanaRomanian
Озеро ТанаRussian
ТанаRussian
Jezero TanaSerbian
Језеро ТанаSerbian
ТанаSerbian
Jezero TanaSerbo-Croatian
TanaSerbo-Croatian
TanaSlovak
Jezero TanaSlovenian
TanaSlovenian
Harada TanaSomali
TanaSwahili
Ziwa la TanaSwahili
Ziwa TanaSwahili
TanasjönSwedish
TsanasjönSwedish
தனா ஏரிTamil
టానా సరస్సుTelugu
ทะเลสาบทานาThai
Tana GölüTurkish
Озеро ТанаUkrainian
ТанаUkrainian
جھیل ٹاناUrdu
TanaUzbek
lago TanaVenetian
Hồ TanaVietnamese
Llyn TanaWelsh
جھیل ٹاناWestern Panjabi
塔纳湖Wu Chinese
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