Tafkin Abaya
| Tafkin Abaya | |
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| General information | |
Height above mean sea level (en)  | 1,400 m |
| Tsawo | 60 km |
| Fadi | 20 km |
| Yawan fili | 1,250 km² |
| Vertical depth (en) | 13 m |
| Volume (en) | 8.2 km³ |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 6°14′10″N 37°49′55″E / 6.236°N 37.832°E |
| Kasa | Habasha |
| Hydrography (en) | |
| Inflow (en) |
duba
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| Residence time of water (en) | 7.7 a |
| Watershed area (en) | 17,300 km² |
Tafkin Abaya ( Amharic : Abaya Hanik) wani tafki ne a cikin Yankin Kudancin Habasha na Habasha . Tana cikin Babban Rift na Habasha, gabas da tsaunin Guge .
Garin Arba Minch yana kan gabar kudu maso yammacin ƙasarsa, kuma gaɓar tekun kudu wani ɓangare ne na Nechisar National Park . A kudu kawai akwai Tafkin Chamo . Savanna, wacce aka sani da namun daji da tsuntsaye, tana kewaye da tafkin, wanda mutanen yankin ke kamun kifi. A cewar Ma'aikatar Kamun Kifi da Kifi ta Habasha, ana samun tan 412 na kifi kowace shekara, wanda ma'aikatar ta kiyasta shine kashi 69% na adadin da ake buƙata.
Tafkin Abaya yana da tsawon kilomita 60 da faɗinsa 20, kuma faɗinsa murabba'in kilomita 1162. Akwai tsibirai da dama a cikin wannan tafkin, mafi girma shine Aruro ; wasu sun haɗa da Gidicho, Welege, Galmaka, da Alkali. Tafkin yana da launin ruwan kasa ja saboda yawan laka da aka danne.
Koguna uku masu matsakaicin girma suna ciyar da tafkin. Na farko akwai Bilate wanda ke tashi a kudancin Dutsen Gurage, sannan ya ratsa kudu ya malala zuwa Tafkin Abaya a bakin tekun arewa. Na biyu shine Gidabo, wanda ke tashi a gangaren yamma na tsaunukan Bale, sannan kuma ya ratsa kudu ya malala zuwa Tafkin Abaya a gefen arewa maso gabas bayan ya ratsa filayen ambaliyar Gidabo. Kofi na uku shine Gelana, wanda ke tashi a gefen yamma na Rift Valley arewa maso yamma da Garin Bule Hora . Kogunan ruwa suma suna tashi a kan gangaren gabas da arewa na tsaunukan Amaro . Daga nan Gelana yana kwarara arewa ta Gelana Graben a tsakiya tsakanin tsaunukan biyu kafin ya shiga fadamun Bore sannan daga karshe ya malala a gefen gabas zuwa tafkin.
Magudanar ruwa ta tafkin kawai tana gudana ne ta ƙasan Kogin Kulfo kai tsaye a ƙarƙashin fanka mai iska a tsayin mita 1,190 (a lokacin da tafkin ya yi ƙanƙanta)
A shekarar 1896, an sake wa tafkin Abaya suna "Tafkin Margherita" bayan Sarauniya Margherita ta Savoy, matar Sarki Humbert na ɗaya na Italiya, ta hannun mai binciken Italiya Vittorio Bottego wanda ya fara binciken yankin. Har yanzu ana amfani da sunan "Tafkin Margherita" (Lago Margherita) a Italiya.