{"id":342715,"date":"2025-07-12T17:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=342715"},"modified":"2025-07-12T17:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:49:05","slug":"lake-turkana-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lake-turkana-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Turkana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The scientists have found 18-20 million years old enamel proteins from tropical Turakan Lake basin, unraveling palaeobiology of extinct taxa.<\/p>\n<h2>About Lake Turkana<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_342716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342716\" style=\"width: 356px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-342716\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-ResearchGate.png?resize=356%2C441&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-ResearchGate.png?resize=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-ResearchGate.png?w=705&amp;ssl=1 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>saline lake<\/strong> located mainly in northern Kenya, with its northern end stretching into Ethiopia.\n<ul>\n<li>It lies in the <strong>eastern arm of eastern Africa\u2019s Rift Valley<\/strong>, which is part of the East African Rift System.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>world&#8217;s largest permanent desert lake<\/strong> and the <strong>world&#8217;s largest alkaline lake<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>By volume<\/strong> it is the <strong>world&#8217;s fourth-largest salt lake<\/strong> after the Caspian Sea, Issyk-Kul, and Lake Van (passing the shrinking South Aral Sea).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> It is an <strong>endorheic lake<\/strong> (meaning no outflow) and water loss occurs mainly through <strong>evaporation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Water source:<\/strong> Its only <strong>perennial tributary<\/strong> is the <strong>Omo River<\/strong>, which flows from <strong>Ethiopia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biodiversity:<\/strong> The Lake hosts 79 fish species, including 12 endemics, and the <strong>largest population of Nile crocodiles.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognition: <\/strong>The Lake Turkana National Parks site was inscribed on the <strong>World Heritage List in 1997.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Threat:<\/strong> Lake Turkana is now threatened by the <strong>construction of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam in<\/strong> <strong>Ethiopia<\/strong> due to the <strong>damming of the Omo river<\/strong> which supplies most of the lake&#8217;s water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The scientists have found 18-20 million years old enamel proteins from tropical Turakan Lake basin, unraveling palaeobiology of extinct taxa. About Lake Turkana It is a saline lake located mainly in northern Kenya, with its northern end stretching into Ethiopia. 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