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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 136. Not illustrated. Chapters: Chencha, Kele, Ethiopia, Lake Abaya, Mudula, Konteb, Bench, Chena, Wenago, Ela, Konso, Mago National Park, Shebedino, Gilgel Gibe River, Bule, Lake Chamo, Loma Bosa, Tiya, Boreda Abaya, Bensa, Dara, Kochere, Mareka Gena, Gofa Zuria, Arbegona, Kindo Koysha, Aroresa, Dita Dermalo, Angacha, Mizan Teferi, Zala Ubamale, Kemba, Bonke, Telo, Durame, Gidole, Boditi, Anderaccha, Masha, Irgachefe, Bulki, Shinshicho, Sagan, Ethiopia, Gamu-Gofa, Fofa, Ethiopia, Soyama, Derba, Yetebon, Ethiopia, Kibish River, Aan Lemo Woreda, Tippi Airport, Arba Minch Airport, Wacca Airport, Mizan Teferi Airport, Weito River, Sagan River, Baco Airport, Usno River, Aruro Island. Excerpt: Lake Abaya (Abaya Hayk in Amharic) is a lake in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region of Ethiopia. It was named Lake Margherita by the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego, the first European commonly thought to visit the lake, to honor the wife of king Umberto I of Italy, Queen Margherita. This name appears in older publications, and currently is rarely used. However, the American explorer Arthur Donaldson Smith records that the local inhabitants, who included an eye witness of the event, told him that the Italian explorer Eugene Ruspoli (died 1891) was killed by an elephant near the lake, which happened before Bottego reached Lake Abaya. Lake Abaya is located in the Great Rift Valley, east of the Guge Mountains. It is fed on its northern shore by the Bilate which rises on the southern slopes of Mount Gurage, and the Gidabo. The town of Arba Minch lies on its southwestern shore, and the southern shores are part of the Nechisar National Park. Just to the south is Lake Chamo. Lake Abaya is 60 kilometers long and 20 wide, with a surface area of 1162 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 13.1 meters and is at an elevation of 1...
