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Lake Assal is the world's largest salt reserve, which is presently exploited under four concessions awarded in 2002 at the southeast end of the lake ; the major share of production ( nearly 80 %) is held by Société d ’ Exploitation du Lac and Société d ’ Exploitation du Salt Investment S. A de Djibouti.
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With 33. 7 % salinity, it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, though Lake Assal ( Djibouti ), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica ( such as Don Juan Pond ) have reported higher salinities.
The Qattara Depression contains the second lowest point in Africa at below sea level, the lowest being Lake Assal in Djibouti.
Some of the lakes of the Dry Valleys rank among the world's most saline lakes, with a higher salinity than Lake Assal ( Djibouti ) or the Dead Sea.
It includes the third lowest exposed point on the Earth's surface ( dry Lake Ayding ,-154m ), after the Dead Sea and Lake Assal ( Djibouti ).
Its shores mark the third lowest exposed elevation on the Earth's land surface ( after the Dead Sea which reaches down to more than 400 meters below sea level, and Lake Assal ( Djibouti ) at 155 m below sea level ).
Lake Vanda is a hypersaline lake with a salinity more than ten times that of seawater, more than the salinity of the Dead Sea, and perhaps even more than of Lake Assal ( Djibouti ), which is the world's most saline lake outside of Antarctica.
* Lake Assal in Djibouti
However, although it was true that some sub-clans of the Ad-Ali and Abli Adoimara roamed as far as the borders of Yifat, even the staunchest supporters of the Sultan agreed that his actual authority did not stretch beyond Lake Assal, a short distance from Tadjoura.
Lake Karum ( also known as Lake Assal ) is a lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia.
* Lake Assal
* Lake Karum in Ethiopia, also known as Lake Assal
# REDIrect Lake Assal ( Djibouti )
Lake Assal (, literally honey lake ) is a crater lake in central-eastern Djibouti.
Lake Assal is a saline lake which lies below sea level in the Afar Triangle, making it the lowest point on land in Africa and the third lowest land depression on Earth after the Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee.
The Government of Djibouti has initiated a proposal with UNESCO to declare the Lake Assal zone and the Ardoukoba volcano as a World Heritage Site.
Lake Assal, with the salt pan on the left
Lake Assal is located in the middle of the country, in a closed depression at the northern end of the Great Rift Valley.
The Lake Assal, in an oval shape ( length and width ), consists of two distinct parts ; one is " crystallised salt surface " zone of and the other is the high saline brine area of.
The present road to Lake Assal is paved.
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Memphis stinkpotters like McKellar Lake, inside the city limits, and sailors look for autumn winds at Arkabutla Lake where fall racing is now in progress.
Turkey's largest lake, Lake Van, is situated in the mountains at an elevation of.
The main basin is the Mus Valley, west of Lake Van.
Flat or gently sloping land is rare and largely confined to the deltas of the Kızıl River, the coastal plains of Çukurova and the valley floors of the Gediz River and the Büyük Menderes River as well as some interior high plains in Anatolia, mainly around Tuz Gölü ( Salt Lake ) and the Konya Basin ( Konya Ovasi ).
* 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
Lake Sevan, across at its widest point and long, is by far the largest lake.
Most of Armenia is drained by the Araks or its tributary, the Hrazdan, which flows from Lake Sevan.
Another environmental concern is a significant drop in Lake Sevan's water level because of drawdowns for irrigation and the diversion of water to hydroelectric plants to compensate for the electric power lost through the inactivity of the nuclear plant at Metsamor.
landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains ; Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ) is the largest lake in this mountain range
Averaging at least 1. 6 km thick, the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2. 5 km below sea level ; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur ( e. g., Lake Vostok ).
Shown is a sign indicating an accessible fishing platform at Drano Lake, Washington ( state ) | Washington.
* 1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7. 5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
* 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
Towards the south the two lines converge and give place to one great valley ( occupied by Lake Nyasa ), the southern part of which is less distinctly due to rifting and subsidence than the rest of the system.
Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.
There is, however, in the centre a circular basin occupied by Lake Tsana.
The first is being planned for Lake Havasu City with programs available as early as fall 2012.
The city centre is laid out on two perpendicular axes: a water axis stretching along Lake Burley Griffin, and a ceremonial land axis stretching from Parliament House on Capital Hill north-eastward along ANZAC Parade to the Australian War Memorial at the foot of Mount Ainslie.
* Champ is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain, a natural freshwater lake in North America, partially situated across the U. S .- Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec and partially situated across the Vermont-New York border.
Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield.
Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.
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