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LAKE
TURKANA |
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Lake Turkana, is a lake in the
Great Rift Valley in Kenya, with its far northern end of the
lake crossing into Ethiopia. It covers a surface area of 6405
km2 (2473 mi2), making it the world's largest permanent desert
lake.
It is also the world's largest alkaline lake. |
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Lake Turkana, sometimes referred
to as the Jade Sea, contains Nile perch, a handful of obscure
and pelagic cichlids of the genus Haplochromis and tilapia,
and formerly contained Africa's largest population of Nile crocodiles:
14,000 breed on Central Island. The presence of water in such
an arid area makes the region internationally important as a
staging post for migrating birds. Lions, cheetah and giraffe
as well as many other species of mammal live in the area. |
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