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Line 1: {{Short description\|Salt lake in Afar Region, Ethiopia}} {{Infobox lake▼ {{Distinguish\|Lake Assal (Djibouti)}} \| lake_name = Lake Karum▼ ▲{{Infobox ~~lake~~body of water ~~\| image_lake =~~ \| ~~caption_lake~~name = Lake Karum \| other_name = Lake Asale \| image_bathymetry = ▼ \| image =ET Afar asv2018-01 img11 Lake Karum area.jpg \| caption_bathymetry = ▼ ▲ \| ~~lake_name~~caption = Lake Karum at sunset ▲ \| image_bathymetry = ▲ \| caption_bathymetry = \| location = [[Afar Region]] \| coords = {{~~coor at dm~~Coord\|14\|1\|N\|40\|25\|E\|type:waterbody_region:ET\|display=inline,title}} \| pushpin_map = Ethiopia \| type = [[salt lake]] \| inflow = \| outflow = \| catchment = \| basin_countries = Ethiopia \| length = \| width = \| area = \| depth = \| max-depth = \| volume = \| residence_time = \| shore = \| elevation = {{Convert\|-~~115~~ 120\|m ~~(below sea level)~~\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}} \| islands = \| cities = \| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe\|wikidata=yes\|zoom=10\|marker=natural\|coord={{WikidataCoord\|display=i}}}} }} ~~{{dablink\|There is another [[Lake Asal (Djibouti)\|Lake Assal]] in the Afar Depression, in the country of [[Djibouti]].}}~~ '''Lake Karum''' (also known as '''Lake Assal''') is a [[lake]] in the [[Afar Region]] of [[Ethiopia]]. One of two [[salt lakes]] in the northern end of the [[Afar Depression]] (the other one being [[Lake Afrera]]), it lies at 115 m {{Fact\|date=April 2007}} below [[sea level]] with a latitude and longitude of {{coor d\|14.0166667\|N\|40.4166667\|E}}. The volcano [[Erta Ale]] rises southwest of this lake.▼ ▲'''Lake Karum''' (also known as Lake '''~~Lake~~Assale''' or ~~Assal~~'''Asale''') is a salt [[lake]] in the [[Afar Region]] of [[Ethiopia]]. One of two [[salt lakes]] in the northern end of the [[~~Afar~~Danakil Depression]] (the other one being [[Lake Afrera]]), it lies ~~at 115 m~~ {{~~Fact~~convert\|~~date~~120\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=~~April 2007~~on}} below [[sea level]].<ref ~~with~~name="readersnatural">{{Cite abook\|title=Natural ~~latitude~~Wonders ~~and~~of ~~longitude~~the ofWorld\|publisher=Reader's ~~{{coor~~Digest dAssociation, Inc\|~~14.0166667~~year=1980\|Nisbn=0-89577-087-3\|40editor-last=Scheffel\|editor-first=Richard L.~~4166667~~\|Elocation=United States of America\|pages=114\|editor-last2=Wernet\|editor-first2=Susan J.}}.</ref> The volcano [[Erta Ale]] rises ~~southwest~~southeast of this lake. North of Lake Karum is the former mining settlement of [[Dallol, Ethiopia\|Dallol]]. The lake is extremely [[salt]]y and is surrounded by a [[salt pan (geology)\|salt pan]], which is still mined, the salt is being transported by [[Caravan (travellers)\|caravan]] to the rest of the country.▼ [[Werner Munzinger]], who traveled through the [[Afar Depression]] in 1867, recorded that this lake was fed by four streams: The Didic, the Ala, the Rira Guddy, and the Ragali or Awra, which is the only permanent stream flowing into Lake Karum.<ref>Munzinger, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1798551 "Narrative of a Journey through the Afar Country", ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society''], 39 (1869), p. 204</ref> [[Category:Lakes of Ethiopia\|Karum]]▼ ▲North of Lake Karum is the former mining -settlement of [[Dallol, Ethiopia\|Dallol]]. The lake is extremely [[salt]]y and is surrounded by a [[salt pan (geology)\|salt -pan]], which is still mined,. ~~the~~The salt is ~~being~~ transported by [[Caravan (travellers)\|caravan]] to the rest of the country. <gallery mode="packed"> ET Afar asv2018-01 img01 Lake Karum area.jpg\|Salt flat at Lake Karum ET Afar asv2018-01 img60 Lake Karum area.jpg\|Water of Lake Karum, visible through a hole in the salt flat ET Afar asv2018-01 img62 Lake Karum area.jpg\|Salt workers at work ET Afar asv2018-01 img65 Lake Karum area.jpg\|Processed salt Salt transport by a camel train on Lake Assale (Karum) in Ethiopia.jpg\|Salt transport by a [[camel train]] </gallery> ==See also== [[Lake Afrera]] [[Lake Assal (Djibouti)]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karum}} [[Category:Afar Region]] ▲[[Category:Lakes of Ethiopia~~\|Karum~~]] [[Category:Saline lakes of the Great Rift Valley]] {{Afar-geo-stub}}▼ ▲{{Afar-geo-stub}} ~~[[lt:Karumo ežeras]]~~