Danakil Desert

E38212

desert geographical region

The Danakil Desert is an extremely hot, arid region in northeastern Ethiopia and Eritrea, known for its salt flats, active volcanoes, and otherworldly geothermal landscapes.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Danakil Depression	9
Danakil Desert canonical	3
Afar Depression	1
Dallol	1
Dallol geothermal area	1
Danakil	1
Danakil Desert landscape	1
Eritrean Danakil region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
adjacentTo	Red Sea ⓘ
averageTemperature	very high annual mean temperature ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
contains	Danakil Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dallol Danakil Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Danakil Depression Erta Ale ⓘ Lake Afrera ⓘ
country	Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
economicActivity	salt caravan trade ⓘ salt mining ⓘ
elevation	below sea level in parts ⓘ
geologicalSetting	divergent plate boundary ⓘ triple junction region ⓘ
hasFeature	fumaroles ⓘ lava fields ⓘ salt lakes ⓘ salt pans ⓘ tectonic rift ⓘ volcanic craters ⓘ
hazard	extreme temperatures ⓘ remote location ⓘ toxic gases ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Afar ⓘ surface form: Afar people
knownFor	acidic pools ⓘ active volcanoes ⓘ arid climate ⓘ colorful mineral deposits ⓘ extreme heat ⓘ geothermal fields ⓘ hydrothermal springs ⓘ otherworldly landscapes ⓘ salt flats ⓘ
locatedIn	Afar Triangle ⓘ surface form: Afar Depression Afar ⓘ surface form: Afar Region East Africa ⓘ Horn of Africa ⓘ
lowestPoint	Danakil Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Danakil Depression
partOf	Afar Triangle ⓘ East African Rift ⓘ surface form: Great Rift Valley
precipitation	very low ⓘ
tourismType	adventure tourism ⓘ geotourism ⓘ
usedFor	astrobiology analog studies ⓘ extremophile research ⓘ geological research ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Assal → locatedInDesert → Danakil Desert ⓘ

Lake Assal → locatedInDepression → Danakil Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afar Depression

Eritrea → includesRegion → Danakil Desert ⓘ

Horn of Africa → hasDesert → Danakil Desert ⓘ

Danakil Desert → contains → Danakil Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dallol

Danakil Desert → contains → Danakil Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ