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Chamo Lake, Arba Minch

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Lake Chamo is a lake in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of southern Ethiopia. Located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, it is at an elevation of 1,110 meters. The lake is just to the south of Lake Abaya and the city of Arba Minch, and east of the Guge Mountains.OverviewLake Chamo northern end lies in the Nechisar National Park. According to figures published by the Central Statistical Agency, it is 32 kilometers long and 13 wide, with a surface area of 317 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 14 meters with a catchment of about 18757 square kilometers in size. Other sources locate it on an elevation of 1,235 meters with a length of 26 km a widths of 22 km an area of 551 square kilometers a chatchment of 2220 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 10 meters.The lake is fringed with beds of Typha, as well as wetlands. It is fed by the Kulfo River and several small streams, as well as overflow from Lake Abaya brought to it by the Ualo River. Oscar Neumann, exploring the area in 1901, found a dry channel connecting Lake Chamo to the Sagan River, which led him to conclude the lake contributes to the Sagan in years of heavy rainfall.

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• By mambocarpi

  Une très belle balade sur le lac avec en prime plein de belles choses à voir une belle colonie d'hippos et de crocos et des pélicans à foison !  more »

  A beautiful walk on the lake with a lot of nice things to see a beautiful colony of hippos and crocs and pelicans aplenty!
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• By BorisIB

  excellent bird life, and the highlight was a hippo family with a young one. It was wonderfull to watch.  more »

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• By Asrat Goa

  Amazing recreation place in Ethiopia

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• By Mohamed Hasan Daaha

  Wooow amazing place.

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