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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. The deepest point of the ...
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
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 East African tableland is continued into Ethiopia. A pioneering study of the geology of Ethiopia was W. T. Blanford 's work in 1870. [ 6 ] More recent work has focused on the Afar Depression , due to its importance as one of two places on Earth where a mid-ocean ridge can be studied on land (the other is Iceland ).
The Omo River (Amharic: ኦሞ ወንዝ, romanized: Omo Wenz; also called Omo-Bottego) in southern Ethiopia is the largest Ethiopian river outside the Nile Basin.Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and it empties into Lake Turkana on the border with Kenya.
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.
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 Lothagam North Pillar Site, situated in the Lake Turkana Basin of East Africa, provides extensive evidence of Early and Middle Holocene pastoralism and adaptations. The site shows that people adjusted to various ways of living, including ceramic use and the hunting and gathering of aquatic resources, as well as relying on livestock and ...