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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.
Despite its unwelcoming climate and inaccessibility, Lake Natron in Tanzania may suffer reduced water input in future, reducing the chestnut-banded plover's habitat greatly. An irrigation project on the Ewaso-Ng'iro River and a soda-extraction plant along the lake's south-western shores threaten to use much of the water that would otherwise ...
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.
Lake Natron in Tanzania is a literal hell on earth for most animals. The pH and temperature levels in the water are so high it can burn off the skin and eyes of animals that aren't adapted to it.
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.
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The forest area has some of the highest rainfall rates in Kenya. [1] Mau Forest is the largest drainage basin in Kenya. [2] Numerous rivers originate from the forest, including the Southern Ewaso Ng'iro, Sondu River, Mara River and Njoro River. These rivers feed Lake Victoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake Natron. [1]
Lake Natron: salt lake: Tanzania [26] 3.40–3.60: World Ocean: ocean: Worldwide [27] 3.50+ Lake Eyre: endorheic lake: ... salt lake: Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia [41] [n ...