Everything about Lake Zway totally explained
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 town of
Ziway lies on the
lake's western shore.
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 lake doesn't always have an outflow, but in some years it drains into
Lake Abijatta.
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
Gurage 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.
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