Lake Hawassa

Lake Hawassa or Awasa, is an endorheic basin in of , located in the Main Ethiopian Rift south of , the capital city of the country.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: one of the Rift Valley Lakes of Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Āwasa Hāyk’”, “Awassa”, “Awusā”, “Hawassa”, “Lake Awasa”, and “Lake Awassa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawassa.

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is in . Tourism here is mostly local, but is also a common stop for Cairo-to-Cape Town travelers and foreign tourists.

Lake Hawassa

Latitude
7.05635° or 7° 3′ 23″ north
Longitude
38.43593° or 38° 26′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,684 metres (5,525 feet)
Open location code
6GVW3C4P+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22064658
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
343136
Wiki­data ID
Q791631
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Hawassa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Hawassa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة هواسا”
  • Bhojpuri: “अवासा झील”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Awasa”
  • Chinese: “阿瓦薩湖”
  • Chuvash: “Ауаса”
  • Croatian: “Avasa”
  • Croatian: “Jezero Avasa”
  • Czech: “Awasa”
  • Dutch: “Awasameer”
  • Dutch: “Lake Awasa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اواسا”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Avasa”
  • Finnish: “Awasajärvi”
  • French: “lac Awasa”
  • French: “Lac Awasa”
  • German: “Awasasee”
  • German: “Awassasee”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Hawassa”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Awasa”
  • Italian: “Lago Auasa”
  • Japanese: “アワッサ湖”
  • Lithuanian: “Avasa (ežeras)”
  • Lithuanian: “Avasa”
  • Oromo: “Awaas”
  • Oromo: “Laga Awaash”
  • Russian: “Ауаса”
  • Russian: “Озеро Ауаса”
  • Somali: “Harada Hawassa”
  • Swedish: “Awasasjön”
  • Venetian: “lago Auasa”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Awasa”
  • “अवासा झील”

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