The lake isn't that deep with an average depth of 9 meters

The lake isn't that deep with an average depth of 9 meters Nature photography Family-friendly: true
Fed by the Awash river and seasonal streams, Lake Abbe was once a large lake - larger than what it looks today. The lake surface and water level had shrunk by two-thirds and 5 meters respectively due to the diversion of water from the Awash river for irrigation in the 1950s.