By many Abyssinians the lake is called Tana, but the correct Amharic form is Tsana.The subreddit for all things Pathfinder CRPG. Portuguese of the 17th century the lake was styled Dambia, and this name in the slightly altered form of Dembea was in use until towards the close of the 19th century. Made a detailed examination of the lake, enabling theĬartographers to delineate it with substantial accuracy. Inġ625 it was visited by the Portuguese priest Jeronimo Lobo,Īnd in 1771 by James Bruce. The source of the Astapos, which was certainly the Blue Nile. Which although placed 12° too far south by Ptolemy wasĭescribed by him as a chief reservoir of the Egyptian Nile and Tsana has been identified with the Coloe Palus of the ancients, Seem to be independent of the supply it derives from its source. Thus the rise in the Blue Nile, in its lower course, would In the dry season, the additional water received going to raise the Period the discharge from the lake is, it appears, little greater than The rainy season lastsįrom the beginning of June to the end of September. More than half of thisĪmount is lost by evaporation, the amount discharged into the riverīeing placed at 2,924,000,000 cubic metres.

The average annual rainfall|Rain in the Tsana catchment area isĮstimated at 33 ft., and the volume of water received by the lake Of Sennar, as described in the article Nile. Point the Abai makes its way through the mountains to the plains Spanned by a stone bridge built in the 17th century. Passing a large number of rapids in the first sixteen miles of itsĬourse the Abai enters a deep gorge by a magnificent fall-theįall of Tis Esat-the water being confined in a channel not more Of miles into one river-the Abai with a width of 650 ft. Thence it issues by two or three channels, with a fall of about 5 ft. Ledge, through which the water pours into a lagoon-like expanse. The outlet of the lake is marked by openings in a rocky Gumara, which run in parallel courses and enter the lake on itsĮastern side. Next in importance of the affluents are the Reb and The same stream and a current is observable from the inlet to the This river, and theĪbai or Blue Nile which issues from the lake, are regarded as one and The chief tributary is the Abai, which enters the lake at its south-westĬorner through a large papyrus swamp. Lake Tsana is fed by three large rivers and by many petty streams. Near it is the smaller island of Dega, whilst numerous islets long by 4 broad) is in the south-western part of the lake. The whole of the coast-line is considerably indented and many Three to eight miles across, and from this bay the Abai issues. At the south-eastĮnd the lake forms a bay about eleven miles long, and from Elsewhere the land rises in gentle undulations,Įxcept at the mouths of the larger tributary streams, whereĪre alluvial plains of considerable size. Lake are well defined, generally flat, and bordered by reeds,īut at places the mountains descend somewhat abruptly into Represented by the escaping waters of the Abai. Shape it may be compared to a pear, the stem being m., having a drainageĪrea, including the lake surface, of some 5400 sq. Its greatest length is 47 m., its greatest breadthĤ4 m., and it covers, approximately 1100 sq. below the mountain plateau whichĮncircles it. and 37° 2′ and 37° 40′ E., filling a central depression in TSANA, a lake of North-East Africa, chief reservoir of theĪbai or Blue Nile.

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