Lake Bario is one of a chain of lakes into which the
Awash River
The Awash (sometimes spelled Awaash; Oromo: ''Awaash'', Amharic: አዋሽ, Afar: ''We'ayot'', Somali: ''Webiga Dir'') is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia and empties into a chain of ...
empties its waters. It is located at the eastern end of the
Afar Region
The Afar Region (; aa, Qafar Rakaakayak; am, አፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people. Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the pav ...
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
.
Lake Bario lies in the middle of a swamp, through which it receives its inflow from
Lake Afambo
Lake Afambo is one of a chain of lakes into which the Awash River empties its waters. It is located at the eastern end of the Afar Region of Ethiopia.
Overview
The lake lies on a roughly north–south axis, 13 kilometers long by two wide, having 1 ...
to the northeast. Its outflow is on its southern side, which circles around
Mount Dama Ali
Mount Dama Ali is a wide shield volcano in Ethiopia, on the shore of Lake Abbe
Lake Abbe, also known as Lake Abhe Bad, is a salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is one of a chain of six connected lakes, which also includes (fro ...
to empty into
Lake Abbe
Lake Abbe, also known as Lake Abhe Bad, is a salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is one of a chain of six connected lakes, which also includes (from north to south) lakes Gargori, Laitali, Gummare, Bario and Afambo. The lake ...
.
[Robert Mepham, R. H. Hughes, and J. S. Hughes]
''A directory of African wetlands''
(Cambridge: IUCN, UNEP and WCMC, 1992), p. 166
References
Afar Region
Awash River
Lakes of Ethiopia
Lakes of the Great Rift Valley
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