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	LakeNet - Lakes
		Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and is the source of the Blue Nile, which flows to Khartoum, Sudan and beyond.
		The lake is situated in the northern highlands at an altitude of approximately 1800 meters.
		Lake Tana was formed by a volcanic blockage that reversed the previously north-flowing Blue Nile and created one of Africa’s greatest waterfalls, known as Tis Abay or Tis Isat.
	www.worldlakes.org /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8568 (531 words)

	Gondarlink \| Traveller's Guide \| Lake Tana
		Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and it is also the source of the Blue Nile, a fact that may explain many of Ethiopia's links with the ancient world.
		Between the collapse of the Zagwe Dynasty in the late 13th century and the establishment of Gondar as a permanent capital in the early 17th century, Tana was the political and spiritual focus of the Christian Empire.
		Apparently the priests on Tana Chirkos have an ancient tradition that the Ark of the Covenant was kept here for 800 years before it was removed to Axum in the 4th century AD.
	www.gondarlink.org.uk /travellers_guide/historic_route/lake_tana.shtml (796 words)

	Lake Tana
		Lake Tana, the largest lake in Ethiopia, situated north of the beautiful town of Bahir Dar is the source from where the famous Blue Nile starts its long journey to Khartoum, and on to the Mediterranean.
		The 37 islands that are scattered about the surface of the lake, some 20 of these shelter churches and monasteries of immense historical and cultural interest; decorated with beautiful paintings and housing innumerable treasures.
		A boat trip on lake Tana is one of the most pleasant excursions for visitors.
	www.natytoursethiopia.com.et /Tana.htm (634 words)

	ESA - Observing the Earth - Lake Tana, source of the Blue Nile
		Lake Tana is the largest single lake in Ethiopia and forms the main reservoir for the Blue Nile.
		The Lake is located at an altitude of 1788 metres on the north central plateau of Amhara.
		Lake Tana is used for fishing, farming and transportation, and has a thriving tourist industry centred on the more than 30 islands on the Lake, home to numerous Ethiopian Orthodox Church monasteries dating back more than five centuries.
	www.esa.int /esaEO/SEMFZ11A90E_index_0.html (347 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Takazze River
		The Atbarah River in northeast Africa rises in northwest Ethiopia, approximately 50 km north of Lake Tana and 30 km west of Gondar.
		Lake Tana from space, April 1991 Lake Tana (also spelled Tana; older spellings include Tsana and Dambea) is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia.
		A major battle was fought beside the river in April 1898 between forces of the Khalifa of Sudan and the British Empire, which resulted in the Khalifa's 20,000-strong detachment being destroyed by the British.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Takazze-River (779 words)

	Ethiopian Lakes
		Near Gorgora, at the northern end of the lake, the Susneyos palace is a forerunner of the magnificent palaces and castles of Gonder, and dates from the reign of Emperor Susneyos.
		This is an ideal base from which to explore the forested land between the lakes, and the plains of Nech Sar beyond where the surviving herds of Swayne's hartebeest, once in abundance, and zebra and Grant's gazelle roam the high savanna.
		There are several turnoffs leading to the lake shore Tall fig trees line the original shore, but in recent years the level of the lake has dropped to such an extent that several hundred metres of grassland and reeds come between you and the water.
	www.selamta.net /lakes.htm (1812 words)

	Lake Tana (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lake T'ana is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia.
		Islands in the lake have been inhabited for over 500 years by monks from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
		The remains of ancient Ethiopian emperors and treasures of the church are kept in the isolated island monasteries.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/la/lake_tana.html (116 words)

	Lake Tana - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Lake Tana (also spelled T'ana; older spellings include "Tsana" and "Dambea") is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia.
		The lake has a number of islands, whose numbers vary depending on the level of the lake; it has fallen about 6 feet in the last 400 years.
		On the island of Tana Cherqos is a rock shown to Paul B. Henze, on which he was told the Virgin Mary had rested on her journey back from Egypt; he was also told that Frumentius, who introduced Christianity to Ethiopia, is "allegedly buried on Tana Cherqos."
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=17928 (269 words)

	Online Travel Guide to Ethiopia-Lake Tana:13 Suns Tours
		Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and is the source of the Blue Nile, which flows to Khartoum, Sudan and beyond.
		The lake is situated in the northern highlands at an altitude of approximately 1800 meters.
		Lake Tana was formed by a volcanic blockage that reversed the previously north-flowing Blue Nile and created one of Africa’s greatest waterfalls, known as Tis Abay or Tis Isat.
	www.13suns.com /tana.htm (398 words)

	RIVER and LAKE
		Lake Tana is situated in Ethiopia, on the N central plateau of Amhara in the Ethiopian highlands, at an altitude of 1788 m.
		The lake is used for fishing, farming and transportation, and has a thriving tourist industry.
		There is one crossing by ERS-2 of Lake Tana: the location of this track is shown superimposed on the lake.
	earth.esa.int /riverandlake/samples/samples_africa_laketana.htm (283 words)

	An Ethiopian Orthodox monastery on Lake Tana, Ethiopia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lake Tana, Ethiopian's great highland lake lies just north of the town of Bahir Dar at a height of 1830 meters above sea-level.
		Apart from its wealth of bird life, the most notable aspect of this lake is that there are a great many Ethiopian orthodox churches and monasteries along the shores and on the islands.
		The Zege or Zegie peninsula, on the southwestern side of the lake, has a number of monasteries, like Ura Kidanemihiret, that are not highly isolated from the local communities, surrounded as they are by people who are leading a non-monastic life.
	ozoutback.com.au /worldpics/Africa/Ethiopia/zegie.html (438 words)

	Tana Project Home
		Lake Tana, in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, is the source of the Blue Nile, one of the world's great rivers.
		The data (Lamb et al, 2007) show that the lake dried out at 16,000 years ago, and almost certainly at apparently regular intervals during the later stages of the last Ice Age.
		In January 2007, we successfully obtained a 96m core from the northern basin of Lake Tana, 5 km from the shore, in 10m water depth.
	www.aber.ac.uk /quaternary/tana (424 words)

	Ethiopias Lakes
		Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile at Blue Nile Falls.
		The largest lake in Ethiopia, a trip to the City of Bahar Dar and Lake Tana is recommended to all ancient history fans.
		Lake Tana is known for its flotilla of birds and hippo colonies.
	ethiopiatourandtravel.com /_wsn/page5.html (405 words)

	Ethiopia - Lake Tana (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sitting on the shores of Lake Tana, Bahar Dar provides a good base to visit places of interest on the islands of Lake Tana and the nearly Blue Nile falls.
		Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and is also the source of the Blue Nile river which runs in the great Nile River.
		On the Lake are more than 30 islands, 20 of these have historical churches or monasteries on them.
	www.soer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /ethiopia/tana.html (675 words)

	1lake, 37 Islands, 14th century Monasterys and the blue Nile Falls
		The 37 mysterious islands that are scattered about the surface of the lake, give shelter to well hidden churches and monasteries of immense historical and cultural interest; decorated with beautiful paintings and housing innumerable treasures.
		Visiting Lake Tana and its Monasteries, it will not always be possible to reach the different island shores by tour boat, it can happen that we have to arrange some local transport in order to reach the shore without getting your feet wet.
		The Blue Nile river flows out of the lake with tremendous force and volume over the basalt shoulder of a giant cataract and onwards from there, ever downwards through dark and angry defiles, towards the deserts of the Sudan, on its way to enrich Egypt's fertile delta.
	www.ethiopiatravel.com /Lake%20tana_eng.htm (728 words)

	Lake Tana monasteries \| Bahir Dar \| Travel Story and Pictures from Ethiopia
		Lake Tana is famous mostly as the source of the Blue Nile and as the largest lake of Ethiopia and one of the highest large lakes in the world.
		At the same time, Lake Tana is also renowned for its monasteries which can be found directly on its shores, on peninsulas and on the many islands scattered all over the lake.
		Lake Tana is not a clear mountain lake as you might expect, it rather has a muddy colour, at least during our visit after the rainy season.
	www.traveladventures.org /continents/africa/lake-tana-monasteries.shtml (634 words)

	Alpha Centauri's Universe: Earth Image Archive - Lake Tana Highlands
		The lake is 47 miles (76 kilometers) long, 44 miles (71 kilometers) wide, and sits at an elevation of 6000 feet (1830 meters) above sea level.
		Lake Tana drains into the Blue Nile, which shortly thereafter plunges over the high Tisisat Falls (not visible in the photograph) south of the lake and turns southeast into a deep, rugged canyon.
		Visible are portions of the Choke Mountains south of the lake; the rugged Amhara Plateau west of the lake; and the islands of Dega and Dek, sites of historic monasteries, in the south-central portion of the lake.
	www.earthandspace.info /contents/earth0163b.htm (180 words)

	Lake Tana and The Road To The Monastery \| The Agonist
		Lake Tana and The Road To The Monastery
		Lake Tana and The Road To The Monastery
		But now the foliage thickened, and to my right I espied Lake Tana, reputed as the first resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, when the mythical Ethiopian king Menelik stole it from Jerusalem close on three thousand years ago.
	agonist.org /sean_paul_kelley/20070109/lake_tana_and_the_road_to_the_monastery (1063 words)

	Lake Tana (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The lake's greatest depth is 15 meters, at an elevation of 1840 meters.
		The lake is fed by the Reb River and Gumara River and its surface area ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 km² depending on season and rainfall.
		The Lake level has been regulated since the construction of the control weir where the lake discharges into the Blue Nile.
	www.abitabouteverything.com /files/l/la/lake_tana.html (444 words)

	Ethoipia Bahir Dar University, Scenic Bahir Dar
		The Lake stretches from Bahir Dar at its southern end to the town of Gorgora at the north, a distance of approximately 100km.
		Boat trips on the Lake can be arranged with various local tour operators; local trips include the 'source' of the Blue Nile River, which flows out of Bahir Dar just to the east of Bahir Dar, or to the monastries of the Zeghie pensinsular.
		The starting point of any visit to the Blue Nile Falls, or to the islands of Lake Tana, is the town of Bahir Dar on the lake's south-eastern shore, thus the name Bahir Dar which in Amharic means "sea shore".
	www.telecom.net.et /~bdu/scenic.html (377 words)

	lake tana stock images / stock images of lake tana photos search (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ura Kidane Mihret monastery, priest, Lake Tana, Zege peninsula, Ethiopia ?
		Monk in a monastery on an island in Lake Tana Ethiopia ?
		Tis Abay (Blue Nile Falls) foams downstream of Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
	www.photographersdirect.com /stockimages/l/lake_tana.asp (760 words)

	The Route from Lake Tana to the sea
		The Route from Lake Tana to the sea
		The flow soon joins the Blue Nile's hydrological source, Lake Tana, where the vessel will weave its way amongst the scattering of islands, many containing 15th Century Monasteries decorated with dazzling religious murals.
		Leaving Lake Tana behind, the team will trace the path of the river through the scenic Ethiopian highlands.
	www.niletrip.com /route.html (917 words)

	lake tana
		En route to Lake Tana, I spotted a huge resort hotel complex nearing completion &emdash; a sign of positive things to come.
		We're told there are 37 small islands on the lake, and most of them shelter monasteries and churches, some dating back to the 13th century.
		On most inland bodies of water of this size, one might encounter powerboats and sleek sailing craft, but on Lake Tana in Northern Ethiopia, leisure gives way to practicality.
	www.eatic.org /lake_tana.htm (486 words)

	Lake Tana and Gonder Ethiopia
		Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile which floats from there to the Soudan.
		In Ethiopia they call it Tisissat, which means "Water that Smokes".
		On the islands in the lake are 15th century Monasteries.
	home.wanadoo.nl /spaansen/tana.htm (230 words)

	Blue Nile, Ethiopia - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The Blue Nile, which contributes about two-thirds of the water of the Nile, is known as the Abbai in Ethiopia, where it, in part, flows through a deep gorge.
		Lake T’ana is located 1,830 m (6,000 ft) above sea level.
		Fish are caught by inhabitants of the several towns that lie along its shore.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /blue_nile_ethiopia.htm (294 words)

	Bahir dar
		Majestic and mysterious Lake Tana, one of the fabled sources of the Nile, lies south west of the Simien Mountains.
		Long hidden from western geographers and explorers, it was not until the expeditions of Bruce, Burton and Speke that the secret of the Nile was finally revealed.
		The islands and peninsulas of Lake Tana are most conveniently approached by boat from Bahar Dar on the southern side of the lake.
	www.easterntravel.net /BahirDar.htm (403 words)

	Lake Tana Tour Ethiopia - About us
		Ethiopia is considered a “young” country, as far as the tourism sector is concerned, but its natural beauty, the cultural and historical treasures it contains combined with the professional attention we dedicate to working out the smallest details of our tours and travel packages guarantee success and efficiency and above all the satisfaction of visitors.
		Lake Tana Tour is managed by an Ethiopian tour operator with long-standing experience in the field (he began working as a tour guide in 1997, and in recent years he has organized naturalistic and historical tours particularly along not frequently traveled routes).
		We’ve chosen to name ourselves after the country’s biggest lake and we have been hosting visitors to Ethiopia for many years.
	www.laketanatour.com /indexenglish.htm (724 words)

	DNK Amazon Store :: The Blue Nile
		In the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana in Abyssinia to the Mediterranean-lands that had been forgotten since Roman times, or had never been known at all.
		Although the lake is considered the primary source of the Blue Nile, the Little Abbai river which flows from the Ghis Abbai swamp is the largest tributary to Lake Tana.
		In the Epilogue, Moorehead points out that the aforementioned events finally ended the isolation of the Nile valley from Lake Tana to the sea and that these countries would never be the same again.
	www.entertainmentcareers.net /book/ProductDetails.aspx?asin=0060956402 (903 words)

	lake tana \| Bahir dar, Ethiopia Travel Blog
		The falls were unusually full because it's the end of the rainy season, it's been a wet year, and it was late in the day, all favourable conditions.
		The first, Narga Selassie on an island far out in the lake, was very peaceful with very sweet monks who nevertheless were quite adept at extracting the birr: just when you were ready to put away your camera they would bring out another cross and pose irresistably.
		The last was the best, though open to men only (Jean had to stay in the boat and we were told that some of the monks a 5-minute walk up the hill had never seen a woman).
	www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/guest.pl?tweb_UID=thesunroseclear&tweb_tripID=concord-0607&tweb_entryID=1157795220&tweb_PID=atrail (578 words)

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