Back গেট'অ্যাল পুকুর Bengali/Bangla Gaet'ale German Laguna de Gaet'ale Spanish گیتاله Persian Gaet'ale French Lago Gaet'ale Italian Lagoa Gaet'ale Portuguese Gaet'ale Pond SIMPLE Гает'але Ukrainian Ao Gaet'ale Vietnamese
| Gaet'ale Pond | |
|---|---|
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  Gaet'ale Pond | |
| Location | Afar Region, Ethiopia |
| Coordinates | 14°12′48″N 40°19′17″E / 14.21333°N 40.32139°E |
| Type | Hypersaline lake |
| Primary outflows | None |
| Max. length | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Max. width | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Salinity | 433 g/kg |
Gaet'ale Pond is a small hypersaline lake located near the Dallol crater in the Danakil Depression (Afar Region, Ethiopia). It is located over a hot spring of tectonic origin and has no apparent inlet or outlet streams. The water of Gaet'ale Pond has a salinity of 43%, making it the saltiest water body on Earth.[1]
- ^ Perez, Eduardo; Chebude, Yonas (April 2017). "Chemical Analysis of Gaet'ale, a Hypersaline Pond in Danakil Depression (Ethiopia): New Record for the Most Saline Body of Water on Earth". Aquatic Geochemistry. 23 (2): 109–117. doi:10.1007/s10498-017-9312-z.
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