Photogallery of pictures taken during journeys and expeditions to Lake Tana (Ethiopia).
Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately 84 kilometers long and 66 kilometers wide, with a maximum depth of 15 meters, and an elevation of 1,788 meters. Its surface area ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 km,² depending on season and rainfall.
The lake was originally much larger than it is today. Seven large permanent rivers feed the lake as well as 40 small seasonal rivers. The main tributaries to the lake are Gilgel Abbay (Little Nile River), and the Megech, Gumara and Rib rivers. Lake Tana has a number of islands, whose number varies depending on the level of the lake. It has fallen about 1.8 m in the last 400 years. A 20th-century geographer named 37 islands, of which he believed 19 have or had monasteries or churches on them.
About 70% of the fish species in the lake are endemic.
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