Worth knowing
Djibouti
The shores of Lake Assal are crusted white with salt. Camel caravans long carried it up to the highlands of Ethiopia to trade for other goods.
Where its story happens
Lake Assal, at 11.65°N, 42.42°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Djibouti
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Djibouti, a small country on the Horn of Africa, between Eritrea and Somalia. See Djibouti on a map.
- Its capital has the same name as the country, and the railway from Ethiopia's capital ends at its port.
- It sits on the narrow strait where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden, known as the 'Gate of Tears'.
- Three great rifts in the Earth's crust meet here, where Africa and Arabia are slowly pulling apart.
- Africa's lowest point is here: a lake 155 metres below sea level and about ten times saltier than the sea.