Lake Assal (French: Lac Assal) honey
lake is a crater lake in central Djibouti, located at the southern
border of Tadjoura Region, touching Dikhil Region, 120 km west of
Djibouti city.
It lies 155 m below sea level in the Afar
Depression and its shores comprise the lowest point on land in Africa
and the second lowest land depression on Earth after the Dead Sea.
It measures 19 by 7 km and has an area of 54 km2.
The maximum depth is 40 m, whereas the mean depth is 7.4 m, which makes for a water volume of 400 million cubic meters.
The catchment area measures 900 km2, and there is just a residual runoff of fresh water into the lake.
