{"id":302188,"date":"2024-06-26T17:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=302188"},"modified":"2024-06-26T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:50:56","slug":"lake-natron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lake-natron\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Natron"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>\u2013 This post on Lake Natron<\/strong>\u00a0has been created based on the article\u00a0\u201cFlamingos under threat: Climate impact jeopardising delicate balance of Tanzania\u2019s Lake Natron\u201d <\/b><\/a>published in \u201cDown to Earth\u201d<\/strong> on 24th June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the news?<\/h2>\n

Experts note a steady decline in the flamingo population at Lake Natron<\/span>, as extreme weather and encroachment cause fewer birds to return each year.<\/p>\n

About Lake Natron<\/h3>\n
\"Lake
Source: expertafrica.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspects\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/td>\nIt is situated on the border between Tanzania and Kenya<\/span>. It is part of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Features<\/td>\n1. It contains warm waters with high levels of salt, caustic soda, and magnesite deposits.
\n2. It is ideal conditions for flamingos to thrive.
\n3. The lake’s extreme alkalinity gives it a striking red hue.
\n4. It is recognized as a Ramsar site, indicating its importance as a wetland of international significance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fed by<\/td>\nIt is fed by the Ewaso Ng\u2019iro River<\/span> which originates from central Kenya.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Threat<\/td>\nAgriculture, pollution, and climate change pose significant threats to this unique ecosystem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus: World Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source\u2013 This post on Lake Natron\u00a0has been created based on the article\u00a0\u201cFlamingos under threat: Climate impact jeopardising delicate balance of Tanzania\u2019s Lake Natron\u201d published in \u201cDown to Earth\u201d on 24th June 2024. Why in the news? Experts note a steady decline in the flamingo population at Lake Natron, as extreme weather and encroachment cause fewer… Continue reading Lake Natron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-302188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}