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Reference no. 476 [1] Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley lakes, located at an elevation of 1,754 m (5,755 ft) above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the rift valley of Kenya and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park. The lake's abundance of algae used to attract a vast quantity of flamingos that famously lined the shore.
Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, which lies north west of Nairobi. It is situated in the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name ɛnaɨpɔ́sha , meaning "that which heaves," a common Maasai word for bodies of water large enough to have wave action when it is ...
Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and is the third largest urban area in Kenya. As of 2019, Nakuru has an urban population of 570,674, [2] making it the largest urban centre in the Rift Valley, succeeding Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. The city lies along the Nairobi–Nakuru Highway, 160 ...
Hell's Gate National Park covers an area of 68.25 square kilometres (26 sq mi), relatively small by African standards. [6] The park is at 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) above sea level. [ 1 ] It is within Nakuru County , near Lake Naivasha and approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Nairobi . [ 2 ]
Lake Magadi: shallow soda lake near the southern border with Tanzania. Lake Naivasha: 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi) although it varies somewhat with rainfall, elevation 1,890 metres (6,200 ft), freshwater; Lake Nakuru: shallow soda lake, has been a national park since 1968. 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi), elevation 1,759 metres (5,771 ft)
Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya. [1] It is 39,206 ha (392.06 km 2) in size at the core of an 8,000 km 2 (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya- Tanzania border. [2] It harbours 400 species of birds including water birds like pelicans ...
Lake Bogoria, like Lake Nakuru, Lake Elementeita, and Lake Magadi further south in the Rift Valley, and Lake Logipi to the north, is periodically home to one of the world's largest populations of lesser flamingos. The lake is a Ramsar site and Lake Bogoria National Reserve has been a protected National Reserve since November 29, 1973.
Inside the crater. Ngorongoro Conservation Area (UK: /(ə) ŋ ˌ ɡ ɔːr ə ŋ ˈ ɡ ɔːr oʊ /, [3] US: / ɛ ŋ ˌ ɡ ɔːr oʊ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɔːr oʊ, ə ŋ ˌ ɡ oʊ r ɔː ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ r oʊ / [4] [5]) is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Ngorongoro District, 180 km (110 mi) west of Arusha City in Arusha Region, within the Crater Highlands geological area of ...