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An Acacia tree in the Kokiselei river, northern Kenya. The greater Turkana Basin in East Africa (mainly northwestern Kenya and southern Ethiopia, smaller parts of eastern Uganda and southeastern South Sudan) determines a large endorheic basin, a drainage basin with no outflow centered around the north-southwards directed Gregory Rift system in Kenya and southern Ethiopia.
Lake Turkana is a unique feature of the East African landscape. Besides being a permanent desert lake, it is the only lake that retains the waters originating from two separate catchment areas of the Nile. The Lake Turkana drainage basin draws its waters mainly from Kenya Highlands and Ethiopian Highlands. A map of lake turkana
Africa Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC. pages 24–25. "Cameroon Crater Lakes", World Wildlife Fund ; Australia; Eurasia "Freshwater Fishes of Iran: Drainage Basins" North America "Watersheds" map in the North American Atlas
The large rift lakes of Africa are the ancient home of great biodiversity, and 10% of the world's fish species live in this region. Countries in the area which are bounded by the lakes of the Great Lakes region include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda. [2]
3.3 Lake Turkana. 3.4 Lake Abaya. ... This is a list of streams and rivers in Ethiopia, arranged geographically by drainage basin. There is an alphabetic list at the ...
The members reflect changing environments in the Turkana Basin, from lake and delta ones during Burgi Member times to rivers and floodplains in Okote Member times. The stratigraphy of the Koobi Fora Formation is one of the best studied and calibrated in East Africa, with publication of some extensive listings at various times.
Kibish River is a river of southern Ethiopia, which defines part of that country's border with South Sudan and Kenya. It flows towards Lake Turkana , although some years it does not have enough volume to reach it, as C.W. Gwynn discovered in 1908.
The Chalbi Desert is located in between Mount Marsabit and Lake Turkana. [1] [2] The area is 110 km long and 10 to 20 km wide and it extends over 100,000 km 2. [3] The area is composed of an ancient lake-bed, rocky surface and lava regions. [4] The ancient lake-bed of Chalbi used to be a shallow lake around 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. [5]