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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
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.
A map of the Jubba River and Shebelle River drainage basin In Sudan, the Setit is joined (at 14°20′N 35°51′E / 14.333°N 35.850°E / 14.333; 35.850 ) by the Atbarah, a river formed by several streams which rise in the mountains west and northwest of Lake
View over Lake Turkana. The Rift Valley lakes are a series of lakes in the East African Rift valley that runs through eastern Africa from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the south, and includes the African Great Lakes in the south. These include some of the world's oldest lakes, deepest lakes, largest lakes by area, and largest lakes by volume.
The middle sedimentary deposits are lacustrine, corresponding to the ancient Lonyuman lake interval found at other locations throughout the Turkana Basin. The deposits include many ostracods and mollusks, most notably the gastropod Bellamya. Sediments alternate between clay and siltstone, and coarsen upward into sands until the deposition of ...
It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 as a part of Lake Turkana National Parks. Sibiloi National Park is located on the wild and rugged shores of Lake Turkana – the cradle of mankind - Sibiloi is home to important archaeological sites including Koobi Fora where the fossil remains have contributed more to the understanding of ...
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.