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- Lake_Zway abstract "Lake Zway or Lake Ziway is one of the freshwater Rift Valley lakes of Ethiopia. It is located about 60 miles south of Addis Ababa, on the border between the Regions (or kililoch) of Oromia and of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples; the woredas holding the lake's shoreline are Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha, Dugda Bora, and Ziway Dugda. The town of Ziway lies on the lake's western shore. The lake is fed primarily by two rivers, the Meki from the west and the Katar from the east, and is drained by the Bulbar which empties into Lake Abijatta. The lake's catchment has an area of 7025 square kilometers.Lake Zway is 31 kilometers long and 20 km wide, with a surface area of 440 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 9 meters and is at an elevation of 1,636 meters. According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, Lake Zway is 25 kilometers long and 20 km wide, with a surface area of 434 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 4 meters and is at an elevation of 1,846 meters. It has five islands which include Debre Sina, Galila, Bird Island and, perhaps most notably, Tullu Gudo, home to a monastery said to have housed the Ark of the Covenant around the ninth century. The early 20th-century explorer, Herbert Weld Blundell, describes finding that "two distinct terraces of former shores rise some 80 feet above the present level, forming a ring round that nearest to the lake on the north, about 4 miles from the shore, marking a former basin." The northern shores were covered by papyrus. Weld Blundell includes in his account "a curious tradition, perhaps suggested by the apparent elevated shore," that the lake "was a kingdom 50 miles across, inhabited by seventy-eight chiefs" which disappeared in a single night.The lake is known for its population of birds and hippopotamuses. Lake Zway supports a fishing industry; according to the Ethiopian Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2,454 tonnes of fish are landed each year, which the department estimates is 83% of its sustainable amount.The shores and islands of Lake Zway are the home of the Zay people. Tradition states that when the Muslim Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi conquered Ethiopia, the Christians of the area took refuge on its islands. They were later isolated from the rest of Ethiopia by the Oromo people, who settled around the lake. At the time Menelik II conquered the lands around the lake, the lake-dwellers were rediscovered and found to have preserved both their Christian faith and a number of ancient manuscripts.".
- Lake_Zway areaTotal "4.4E8".
- Lake_Zway city Ziway.
- Lake_Zway country Ethiopia.
- Lake_Zway depth "8.9".
- Lake_Zway elevation "1636.0".
- Lake_Zway island Bird_Island,_Lake_Zway.
- Lake_Zway island Debre_Sina_(island).
- Lake_Zway island Galila.
- Lake_Zway island Tullu_Gudo.
- Lake_Zway length "31000.0".
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- Lake_Zway width "20000.0".
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- Lake_Zway area "440.0".
- Lake_Zway basinCountries "Ethiopia".
- Lake_Zway cities Ziway.
- Lake_Zway elevation "1,636 m".
- Lake_Zway hasPhotoCollection Lake_Zway.
- Lake_Zway imageBathymetry "Ethiopia_central_lakes.jpg".
- Lake_Zway imageLake "Lake Ziway.jpg".
- Lake_Zway islands "5".
- Lake_Zway lakeName "Lake Zway".
- Lake_Zway length "31.0".
- Lake_Zway maxDepth "8.9 m".
- Lake_Zway width "20.0".
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- Lake_Zway subject Category:Lakes_of_Ethiopia.
- Lake_Zway subject Category:Lakes_of_the_Great_Rift_Valley.
- Lake_Zway point "8.0 38.833333333333336".
- Lake_Zway type BodyOfWater109225146.
- Lake_Zway type Lake109328904.
- Lake_Zway type LakesOfEthiopia.
- Lake_Zway type LakesOfTheGreatRiftValley.
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- Lake_Zway type Wikidata:Q532.
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- Lake_Zway comment "Lake Zway or Lake Ziway is one of the freshwater Rift Valley lakes of Ethiopia. It is located about 60 miles south of Addis Ababa, on the border between the Regions (or kililoch) of Oromia and of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples; the woredas holding the lake's shoreline are Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha, Dugda Bora, and Ziway Dugda. The town of Ziway lies on the lake's western shore.".
- Lake_Zway label "Lac Ziway".
- Lake_Zway label "Lake Zway".
- Lake_Zway label "Zway (See)".
- Lake_Zway label "茲懷湖".
- Lake_Zway sameAs Zway_(See).
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- Lake_Zway lat "8.0".
- Lake_Zway long "38.833333333333336".
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- Lake_Zway depiction Lake_Ziway.jpg.
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- Lake_Zway name "Lake Zway".