Lake Turkana National Parks

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park complex protected area

Lake Turkana National Parks is a protected area in northern Kenya renowned for its unique desert lake ecosystem, rich biodiversity, and important archaeological and paleontological sites.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lake Turkana National Parks canonical 5
Lake Turkana National Parks World Heritage Site 1
Sibiloi National Park vicinity (Lake Turkana) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
national park complex ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance evidence of early human evolution ⓘ
biome arid and semi-arid lands ⓘ
bufferZoneIncludes Lake Turkana shoreline ⓘ
climate hot and arid ⓘ
containsFeature crater lakes ⓘ
fossil beds ⓘ
volcanic formations ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ecosystemType desert lake ecosystem ⓘ
followsShoreOf Lake Turkana ⓘ
governingBody Kenya Wildlife Service ⓘ
habitat desert ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
volcanic islands ⓘ
hasPart Central Island National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sibiloi National Park ⓘ
South Island National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1997 ⓘ
knownFor archaeological sites ⓘ
fossil hominid remains ⓘ
paleontological sites ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn Great Rift Valley ⓘ
northern Kenya ⓘ
nearestMajorTown Lodwar ⓘ
paleontologicalSignificance abundant vertebrate fossils ⓘ
partOf East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: East African Rift system
protectsSpecies Grevy's zebra ⓘ
Nile crocodile ⓘ
cheetah ⓘ
cormorant ⓘ
crocodilian breeding colonies ⓘ
endemic fish species ⓘ
grant's gazelle ⓘ
hippopotamus ⓘ
leopard ⓘ
lion ⓘ
oryx ⓘ
pelican ⓘ
tilapia ⓘ
recognizedFor outstanding universal value ⓘ
region Turkana County ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (viii) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus natural site ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Turkana → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
Turkana County → hasProtectedArea → Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sibiloi National Park vicinity (Lake Turkana)
South Island → partOf → Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
subject surface form: South Island (Lake Turkana)
this entity surface form: Lake Turkana National Parks World Heritage Site
Sibiloi National Park → partOf → Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
Central Island National Park → partOf → Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
Northern Kenya → hasWorldHeritageSite → Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ