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Lake Afrera, Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, Ethiopiai
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Afar RegionRegion
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Neighbouring regions:
Erta Ale Volcanic Range, Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Type:
Lake
Mindat Locality ID:
445443
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:445443:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Lake Giulietti
Other Languages:
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French:
Lac Afrera, Zone 2, Afar, Éthiopie
German:
Afrerasee, Afar, Äthiopien
Italian:
Lake Giuletti, regione degli Afar, Etiopia
Russian:
Афрера , Афар, Эфиопия
Simplified Chinese:
阿夫勒拉湖, 第二地区, 阿法尔州, 埃塞俄比亚
Spanish:
Lago Afrera, Afar, Etiopía
Burmese:
အဖရီရာကန်, အီသီယိုးပီးယားနိုင်ငံ
Catalan:
Llac Afrera, Regió Àfar, Etiòpia
Cebuano:
Lake Afrera, Administrative Zone 2, Afar Region, Etiopia
Dutch:
Afrerameer, Afar, Ethiopië
Egyptian Arabic:
بحيره افريرا, اثيوبيا
Portuguese:
Lago Afrera, Afar, Etiópia
Swedish:
Lake Afrera, Administrative Zone 2, Afar, Etiopien
Ukrainian:
Афрера , Афар, Ефіопія


Hypersaline lake; one of the salt lakes of the Danakil Depression.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Afrera
Wikidata ID:Q383714


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References

Bonatti, Enrico, Gasperini, Elia, Vigliotti, Luigi, Lupi, Luca, Vaselli, Orlando, Polonia, Alina, Gasperini, Luca (2017) Lake Afrera, a structural depression in the Northern Afar Rift (Red Sea). Heliyon, 3 (5). e00301 doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00301
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