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The southern half of Lake Natron (top). Fault scarps and the Gelai Volcano can also be seen. Numerous near-white salt-crust "rafts" pepper the shallowest parts of the lake (inset). Lake Natron is a salt or alkaline lake located in north Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region in Tanzania at the border with Kenya.
Lesser flamingos over Lake Natron. The Lake Natron basin has been designated a Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. [3] However, in the past there have been plans to dam the Ewaso Ng'iro for hydroelectric power generation and for irrigation of the marshlands north of the lake, diverting water from other rivers to increase the flow.
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos is a 2008 nature documentary that explores the great gathering of lesser flamingos which occurs every year at Lake Natron in Tanzania and along the salt lakes of the African Rift Valley. It was the first film released under the then-new Disneynature film label through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
It is at the southeastern edge of Lake Natron in the East African Rift. Gelai is the third most prominent peak in Arusha Region and is the 13th highest peak in Arusha region. [3] Volcanic activity on Gelai dates to less than one million years ago. [4] A number of earthquakes occurred in the area in the summer of 2007.
Wadi al-Natrun is the common name for a desert valley located west of the Nile Delta, along the El Tahrir markaz, which is about 10 km west of the entrance to Sadat City on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, and about 50 km from Khattabah on the Nile (Rashid Branch), and it falls below the level of the plateau surface surrounding it about 50 meters.
The new breeding site is considered to be of special importance as the most important Lake Natron is threatened by proposed soda ash mining, [8] while Etosha Pan is only productive once every 9 years. [1] The island also offers unusual insight into flamingo biology since typical breeding sites are much less accessible.
A Perfect Planet is a 2021 five-part earth science series presented by David Attenborough.The first episode premiered on 3 January 2021 on BBC One.Filming took place over four years, across 31 countries, with crew navigating difficulties in extreme temperatures and remote locations.
Lake Manyara also known as Lake Moya among the Iraqw people is a lake located in Monduli District of Arusha Region, Tanzania and is the seventh-largest lake of Tanzania by surface area, at 470-square-kilometre (180 sq mi). [1] It is a shallow, alkaline lake in the Natron-Manyara-Balangida branch of the East African Rift. [2]