ETHIOPIA / ኢትዮጵያ
Landscapes.
Lake Tana and portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Stamp issued on 10.02.1951.
Face value: 60 cents of Ethiopian birr.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 42 x 27 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 291.
- Scott No. 292A.
- StampWorld No. 357.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 373a.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 289.
Lake
Tana (Amharic: ጣና ሐይቅ) is the largest lake in Ethiopia
and the source of the Blue
Nile. Located in Amhara
Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately
84 km (52 mi) long and 66 km (41 mi) wide, with a maximum depth of 15 m (49
ft), and an elevation of 1,788 m (5,866 ft). Lake Tana is fed by the Gilgel Abay, Reb and Gumara rivers. Its
surface area ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 km2 (1,200 to 1,400 sq mi), 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.
This controls the flow to the Blue Nile Falls (Tis
Abbai) and hydro-power station. In 2015, the Lake Tana region was nominated as
a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Lake Tana was formed by volcanic activity, blocking
the course of inflowing rivers in the early Pleistocene epoch, about 5 million
years ago.
Haile
Selassie I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ),
born Tafari Makonnen (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), was Emperor of Ethiopia
from 1930 to 1974.
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