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Lake Natron is a salt or alkaline lake located in north Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region in Tanzania at the border with Kenya. It is in the Gregory Rift, which is the eastern branch of the East African Rift. [1] The lake is within the Lake Natron Basin, a Ramsar Site wetland of international significance. [2]
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]
1,050 km 2 (410 sq mi) Tanzania: Lake Eyasi is an endorheic salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. The lake has dramatic seasonal fluctuations in water and almost dries up in the dry season. Lake Natron: 1,040 km 2 (400 sq mi) Tanzania: Lake Natron is a salt and soda lake. The lake is in the Arusha region near the famous Ol Doinyo ...
Tanzania has a mainly tropical climate but has regional variations due to topography. [5] In the highlands, temperatures range between 10 and 20 °C (50 and 68 °F) during cold and hot seasons respectively and a subtropical highland climate is found.
Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area in Tanzania's Arusha and Manyara Regions, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley.It is administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority, and covers an area of 325 km 2 (125 sq mi) including about 230 km 2 (89 sq mi) lake surface.
The film documents the lives of the lesser flamingos on the isolated shores of Lake Natron in Tanzania, revealing the breeding and parenting habits of the species.After mating on an immense salt island, the flamingos breed their chicks, who learn to survive and grow up in an extreme and dangerous environment.
The Peninj Mandible(Peninj 1), also called Natron mandible, [1] is the fossilized lower jaw and teeth of an australopithecine specimen, likely that of Paranthropus boisei [2] or a similar population. [3] It was discovered in West Lake Natron, [4] in Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region of Tanzania by Kamoya Kimeu, [5] [6] Glynn Isaac, and ...
Gelai Volcano also known as Gelai (Mlima Gelai, in Swahili) stands at 2,942 metres (9,652 ft) tall [1] and is located in Longido District of Arusha Region in Tanzania. The volcano is located in the geographic area of the Crater Highlands and is a shield volcano that last erupted in the pleistocene. [2]