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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
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.
3.3 Lake Turkana. 3.4 Lake Abaya. 3.5 Lake Chew Bahir. ... Map of Ethiopia showing some of the main rivers. ... arranged geographically by drainage basin. There is an ...
Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, ... and by far the main feeder of the endorheic Turkana Basin with Lake Turkana.
Northern Eastern Rift (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia) Afar Depression (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia) Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes (Ethiopia) Lake Chew Bahir, Ethiopia, Kenya; Chalbi Desert, Kenya, Ethiopia; Lake Logipi-Suguta Valley (Kenya) Lake Turkana Basin (Ethiopia, Kenya) Southern Eastern Rift (Kenya, Tanzania) Lake Baringo (Kenya) Lake ...
The Daasanach share a traditional border with the Turkana. However, the border is moving toward south because of receding water. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the Daasanach have begun cultivating the land and fishing using the waters of the River Omo-Lake Turkana Delta in competition with the Kenyan Turkana people for both land and water resources.
Turkana Basin; Turkana Boy This page was last edited on 9 February 2020, at 22:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...