Lake Abbe

E498864

Lake Abbe is a remote, hypersaline lake on the Ethiopia–Djibouti border, famed for its otherworldly limestone chimneys and active geothermal landscape within the Afar Depression.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Abbe canonical 2
Lake Abhe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic lake ⓘ
salt lake ⓘ
tectonic lake ⓘ
access remote and difficult to reach ⓘ
basinCountry Djibouti ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
country Djibouti ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
drainageType closed basin ⓘ
elevation approximately 240 m above sea level ⓘ
formationProcess carbonate precipitation from geothermal springs ⓘ
geologicalSetting Afar Depression rift system ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift

rift valley lake ⓘ
hasFeature carbonate towers ⓘ
fumaroles ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ
islands ⓘ
mud flats ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ
travertine chimneys ⓘ
hasWildlife flamingos ⓘ
wading birds ⓘ
inflow Awash River ⓘ
knownFor geothermal activity ⓘ
limestone chimneys ⓘ
otherworldly landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Afar Depression ⓘ
linked to: Afar Triangle

East Africa ⓘ
locatedInDesert Afar Desert ⓘ
locatedOnBorder Ethiopia–Djibouti border ⓘ
near Lake Afambo ⓘ
Lake Afdera ⓘ
Lake Gargori ⓘ
notableFor active hydrothermal vents ⓘ
moonlike scenery ⓘ
outflow endorheic ⓘ
partOf Afar Triangle ⓘ
Awash River basin ⓘ
linked to: Awash River Basin
region Afar Region ⓘ
Dikhil Region ⓘ
salinity very high ⓘ
surfaceWater variable extent depending on season ⓘ
tectonicProcess continental rifting ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism destination ⓘ
geotourism site ⓘ
volcanism associated with Afar hotspot ⓘ
waterType hypersaline ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afar Triangle → contains → Lake Abbe ⓘ
Great Rift Valley system → contains → Lake Abhe ⓘ
linked to: Lake Abbe
Lake Abbe region → contains → Lake Abbe ⓘ