奥莫河

奥莫河Omo River)是埃塞俄比亚西南部的重要河流,整条河道在埃塞俄比亚境内,进入与肯雅接壤的图尔卡纳湖。奥莫河是内流盆地流域的主要河流。根据埃塞俄比亚中央统计局数据,奥莫河全长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年的大雨使奥莫河下游泛滥,淹死最少456人,过度放牧森林开伐被指是酿成惨剧的元凶。

奥莫河三角洲

早期发现

在奥莫河的河岸,考古学家找到来自早期更新世时代到上新世时代的Olduwan 原始人化石碎片。这些碎片是现已灭绝的南方古猿的一个重要发现[2]

参考文献

  1. "Climate, 2008 National Statistics (Abstract)" 页面存档备份,存于, 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).

延伸阅读

  • 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 页面存档备份,存于", Cultural Survival Quarterly, 30.2, website accessed 31 October 2007
  • UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2007). Lower Valley of the Omo 页面存档备份,存于, 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.

外部链接

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