奧莫河

奧莫河Omo River)是埃塞俄比亞西南部的重要河流,整條河道在埃塞俄比亞境內,進入與肯雅接壤的圖爾卡納湖。奧莫河是內流盆地流域的主要河流。根據埃塞俄比亞中央統計局資料,奧莫河全長760公里。[1]1980年,靠近图尔卡纳湖地区的谷地列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产,登录名称为奥莫低谷

2006年的大雨使奧莫河下游氾濫,淹死最少456人,過度放牧森林開伐被指是釀成慘劇的元兇。

奧莫河三角洲

早期發現

在奧莫河的河岸,考古學家找到來自早期更新世時代到上新世時代的Olduwan 原始人化石碎片。這些碎片是現已滅絕的南方古猿的一個重要發現[2]

參考文獻

  1. "Climate, 2008 National Statistics (Abstract)" 存檔,存档日期2010-11-13., Table A.1. Central Statistical Agency website (accessed 26 December 2009)
  2. Crandall, Ben. . eMuseum @ Minnesota State University, Mankato. 2007 [2007-10-31]. (原始内容存档于2006-12-10) (英语).

延伸閱讀

  • Butzer, Karl W. (1971). Recent history of an Ethiopian delta: the Omo River and the level of Lake Rudolph, Research paper 136, Department of Geography, University of Chicago, 184 p., LCCN 70-184080
  • Camerapix (2000). Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia, First American Ed., Brooklyn: Interlink, ISBN 1-56656-350-X
  • Hurd, W. (2006). "Rangers by Birth", Cultural Survival Quarterly, 30.2, website accessed 31 October 2007
  • UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2007). Lower Valley of the Omo, World Heritage List, website accessed 31 October 2007
  • Vannutelli, L. and Citerni, C. (1899). Seconda spedizione Bòttego: L'Omo, viaggio d'esplorazione nell'Africa Orientale, Milano : Hoepli, 650 p.

外部連結

维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源:奧莫河


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