"Lake Tana is Ethiopia's largest lake and the source of the Blue Nile, which spills majestically over the Tis Issat Falls into the 600 kilometre-long Blue Nile gorge. It provides most of the water and sediment that reaches Egypt." {this information was obtain from this link http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=70}

Lake Tana "is approximately 84 kilometers long and 66 kilometers wide, with a maximum depth of 15 meters, and an elevation of 1,840 meters and its surface area ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 km² " (information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_tana)
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http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=70

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_tana

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