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.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of -116 metres (-381 feet)
- Description: lake in Afar Region, Ethiopia
- Also known as“Alel-bed”“Asahle”“Asāl”“Asale”“Assale”“Carumboe”“Lake Asale”“Lake Asele”“Lake Assale”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
14.03183° or 14° 1′ 55″ north
Longitude
40.40112° or 40° 24′ 4″ east
Open location code
7H622CJ2+PC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = lake
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Karum” goes by many names.
بحيرة كارومArabic
Llagu KarumAsturian
Karum aintziraBasque
ကရမ်ကန်Burmese
Llac KarumCatalan
ĀsalēCebuano
卡魯姆湖Chinese
KarumsøenDanish
بحيره كارومEgyptian Arabic
Lago KarumEsperanto
Tafkin KarumHausa
Danau KarumIndonesian
AssaleItalian
Lago KarumItalian
Karumo ežerasLithuanian
КарумMacedonian
АссалеRussian
КарумRussian
KarumSlovenian
Karum (jezero)Slovenian
Badda KurumSomali
Harada KarumSomali
ĀsalēSwedish
Llyn KarumWelsh
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