Lake Abijatta

Lake Abijatta is an alkaline lake in . It lies in the Main Ethiopian Rift valley south of , in the .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: one of the Rift Valley lakes of Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Abayā”, “Abiyata Hayk‘”, “Hora Abaita”, “Hora Abgiata”, “Hora Abgiate”, “Hora Abyata”, “lago Abàita”, “lago Abeita”, “Lago Abeita”, “lago Hora Abaita”, “Lake Abiata”, “Lake Abijata”, “Lake Abiyata”, and “አብያታ ሐይቅ / Lake Abiata”

Lake Abijatta

Latitude
7.60783° or 7° 36′ 28″ north
Longitude
38.59123° or 38° 35′ 28″ east
Elevation
1,579 metres (5,180 feet)
Open location code
6GVWJH5R+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22763823
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
345729
Wiki­data ID
Q321193
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Abijatta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة أبيجاتا”
  • Bhojpuri: “अबीजात्ता झील”
  • Burmese: “အဘိဂျတ်တကန်”
  • Cebuano: “Ābīyata Hāyk‘”
  • Cebuano: “Ābīyata Hāyk’”
  • Chinese: “阿比加塔湖”
  • Chuvash: “Абаята”
  • Croatian: “Abijata”
  • Croatian: “Jezero Abijata”
  • Danish: “Abijatasøen”
  • Danish: “Abijattasøen”
  • Dutch: “Abijattameer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ابيچاتا”
  • French: “lac Abijatta”
  • French: “Lac Abijatta”
  • Georgian: “აბიატა”
  • German: “Abijatta”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Abijatta”
  • Italian: “Lago Abiata”
  • Lithuanian: “Abidžata”
  • Mongolian: “Абаята”
  • Mongolian: “Абията нуур”
  • Russian: “Абията”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abijata”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Abijata”
  • Somali: “Harada Abijatta”
  • Spanish: “lago Abijatta”
  • Spanish: “Lago Abijatta”
  • Swedish: “Abijatasjön”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Abijatta”
  • “अबीजात्ता झील”

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