Explanation:

Explanation

What is Danakil depression ?

• Embedded in the horn of Africa is a region called the Afar Triangle,a geological depression caused by the Afar Triple Junction: a place where three tectonic plates join.
• The Depression overlaps the borders of Eritrea, Djibouti and the entire Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the great East African Rift Valley.
• A rift valley is where the Earth's tectonic plates move apart, creating new crust. Here the plates are moving apart along three deep rifts at a rate of 1-2cm per year.
• Danakil is dotted with lava lakes that bubble inside the volcanic calderas of the Dallol area, and hot springs and hydrothermal pools permeate the air with the distinct rotten-egg smell of sulfur. The youngest volcano, called Dallol, is relatively new. It first erupted in 1926. The whole region is more than 100 meters below sea level, making it one of the lowest places on the planet
• The climate here can only be described as cruel. But against all odds, people do live here. The Afar people call it their home.