Sources thermales du lac Abijata

Sources thermales du lac Abijata in the Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park of Ethiopia's Oromia Region are sulfurous and oligomineral springs associated with the volcanic caldera lakes of the Main Ethiopian Rift, where geothermal activity heats the floor of Lake Abijata — a shallow alkaline lake famous for its flamingo colonies and soda ash extraction. The lake's warm, highly alkaline waters and geothermal seeps support massive breeding aggregations of lesser flamingos, whose pink flocks create one of the most visually spectacular wildlife scenes in Africa on a landscape of volcanic rock and alkaline crusts. The thermal springs of Abijata are inseparable from the broader volcanic and limnological system of the Rift Valley lakes, where geothermal energy, tectonic rifting, and extraordinary African biodiversity interact in a uniquely dynamic natural environment.