Lake Karum
Lake Karum is a salt lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. One of two salt lakes in the northern end of the Danakil Depression, it lies 120 m below sea level.Photo: Snowmanstudios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Afar Region, Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Alel-bed”, “Asahle”, “Asāl”, “Asale”, “Assale”, “Carumboe”, “Lake Asale”, “Lake Asele”, and “Lake Assale”
Lake Karum
- Category: body of water
- Location: Afar Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.03183° or 14° 1′ 55″ northLongitude
40.40112° or 40° 24′ 4″ eastElevation
-123 metres (-404 feet)Open location code
7H622CJ2+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 27144168OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
343420Wikidata ID
Q139538
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Lake Karum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Llagu Karum”
- Basque: “Karum aintzira”
- Burmese: “ကရမ်ကန်”
- Catalan: “Llac Karum”
- Cebuano: “Āsalē”
- Chinese: “卡魯姆湖”
- Danish: “Karumsøen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كاروم”
- Esperanto: “Lago Karum”
- French: “lac Karoum”
- French: “Lac Karoum”
- German: “Karumsee”
- Indonesian: “Danau Karum”
- Italian: “Assale”
- Italian: “lago Karum”
- Italian: “Lago Karum”
- Lithuanian: “Karumo ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Карум”
- Russian: “Ассале”
- Russian: “Карум”
- Slovenian: “Karum (jezero)”
- Slovenian: “Karum”
- Somali: “Badda Kurum”
- Spanish: “Lago Karum”
- Swedish: “Āsalē”
- Welsh: “Llyn Karum”
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