Tafkin Abijatta

Tafkin Abijatta Tafkin alkaline ne a Habasha . Yana kwance a cikin Babban kwarin Rift na Habasha a kudancin Addis Ababa, a cikin Gidan shakatawa na Abijatta-Shalla. Bayani na gaba ɗaya Dangane da Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia na 1967/68, tafkin yana da tsawon kilomita 17 da faɗin kilomita 15, tare da yanki na murabba'in kilomita 205. Yana da matsakaicin zurfin mita 14 kuma yana da tsawo na mita 1,573. Tare da kusurwar arewa maso gabashin wannan tafkin akwai maɓuɓɓugar ruwa masu zafi da yawa, waɗanda ke da mahimmanci a matsayin jan hankalin yawon bude ido da kuma mazauna yankin. Bugu da ƙari, akwai aikin soda ash a bakin wannan tafkin, wanda ke samar da tan 20,000 na sodium carbonate. An tabbatar da ajiyar a Tafkin Abijata, da kuma makwabta Shala da tabkuna Chitu, sun wuce tan miliyan 460. Ana kuma samun Flamingoes a tafkin. An gudanar da nazarin fannoni da yawa, gami da nazarin sedimentology, palynology, diatoms da kwayoyin halitta a kan 6 m core daga Lake Abijata, Habasha. An sanya kwanan wata a kasan wannan core a 1720 ± BP. Bincike ya nuna matakai huɗu daban-daban a cikin juyin halitta na tafkin. Matakai biyu masu laifi waɗanda aka gane za a iya danganta su da wasu shaidun matakin tafkin. Laifukan sun samo asali ne daga sauya abubuwan da aka shigar daga yankunan da ke ƙasa da tsaunuka a cikin tafkin. Wataƙila suna da alaƙa da canje-canje a cikin yanayin ruwan sama na yanayi. Dubi kuma Tafkunan Rift Valley Manazarta