Tafkin Hawassa

Tafkin Hawassa ko Awasa, wani kwandon kwari ne a Yankin Sidama na Habasha, wanda ke cikin Babban Rift na Habasha a kudancin Addis Ababa, babban birnin kasar. Dangane da Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia na 1967/68, tafkin yana da tsawon kilomita 16 da faɗin kilomita 9, tare da yanki na murabba'in kilomita 129. Yana da matsakaicin zurfin mita 10 kuma yana da tsawo na mita 1,708. Tana cikin Awasa Caldera. Saboda masana kimiyya suna iya isa, Tafkin Hawassa shine mafi yawan nazarin Tafkunan Rift Valley a Habasha. A cewar William Taylor, memba na African Lakes and Rivers Research Group a Jami'ar Waterloo, Tafkin Hawassa, duk da rashin fitowarsa, "ainihin tafkin ruwa ne mai laushi (conductivity yana da bambanci, amma ƙasa da 1,000) yana nuna cewa dole ne ya sami hanyar fita ta karkashin kasa. Dubi kuma Tafkunan Rift Valley Rashin Endorheic Manazarta