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Lake Turkana, Kenya | John Seach
Lake Turkana is a located in the northern Kenyan Rift Valley. It is a major lake, with a rich tribal culture in the surrounding area. The lake stretches 250 km from just across the border in Ethiopia down through northern , central Kenya.
Turkana is the largest permanent desert lake in the world.
Over 80% of the water in Lake Turkana comes from the Omo River which drains from the Ethiopian Plateau to the north. Turkwel and Kerio rivers only contribute ephemerally to the lake. Water in Lake Turkana is well mixed and has a temperature of 25-26 deg C.
Sediments deep in Lake Turkana record climate change for the past several thousland years.
Central Island volcano and Lake turkana, Kenya
Further reading
Yuretich, R.F. and Cerling, T.E., 1983. Hydrogeochemistry of Lake Turkana, Kenya: mass balance and mineral reactions in an alkaline lake. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 47(6), pp.1099-1109.
Owen, R.B., Barthelme, J.W., Renaut, R.W. and Vincens, A., 1982. Palaeolimnology and archaeology of Holocene deposits north-east of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Nature, 298(5874), pp.523-529.
Cerling, T.E., 1979. Paleochemistry of plio-pleistocene lake Turkana, Kenya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 27, pp.247-285.
Rift Valley Lakes of Kenya
| Lake Magadi | Lake Bogoria |
| Lake Naivasha | Lake Baringo |
| Lake Elementeita | Lake Logipi |
| Lake Nakuru | Lake Turkana |