Lake Nakuru

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Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya’s Rift Valley, famed for its large populations of flamingos and diverse wildlife within Lake Nakuru National Park.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alkaline lake
endorheic lake
lake
basinCountry Kenya
conservationImportance Important Bird Area
country Kenya
dominantAlgae Spirulina
cyanobacteria
elevation approximately 1750 metres above sea level
hasInflow Enderit River NERFINISHED
Makalia River NERFINISHED
Njoro River NERFINISHED
hot springs
surface runoff
hasOutflow none
knownFor birdwatching
diverse wildlife
large flamingo populations
soda ash content
locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Rift Valley Province
locatedInProtectedArea Lake Nakuru self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lake Nakuru National Park
maxDepth approximately 4 metres
nearCity Nakuru
partOf East African Rift
primaryProductivity high phytoplankton productivity
protectedBy Kenya Wildlife Service
RamsarDesignationYear 1990
RamsarStatus Ramsar Wetland of International Importance
surface form: Ramsar site
salinity saline
supportsSpecies African fish eagle
Giraffa
surface form: Rothschild's giraffe

black rhino
buffalo
greater flamingo
hippopotamus
leopard
lesser flamingo
lion
over 400 bird species
pelican
waterbuck
white rhino
surfaceArea variable
threat catchment deforestation
pollution from Nakuru town
water abstraction in the catchment
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2011
UNESCOProperty Kenyan Rift Valley lakes
surface form: Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site component
waterLevel highly fluctuating
waterType alkaline
withinNationalParkSince 1968

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Nakuru locatedNear Lake Nakuru
Nakuru locatedNear Lake Nakuru
this entity surface form: Lake Nakuru National Park
World Heritage Sites in Africa hasComponentSite Lake Nakuru
this entity surface form: Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
Gregory Rift hasLake Lake Nakuru
Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) contains Lake Nakuru
subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system
Kenya Wildlife Service manages Lake Nakuru
this entity surface form: Lake Nakuru National Park
Rift Valley region contains Lake Nakuru
State Lodge, Nakuru locatedNear Lake Nakuru
Kenya national parks system includes Lake Nakuru
this entity surface form: Lake Nakuru National Park
Rift Valley Province containsLake Lake Nakuru
Rift Valley Province containsProtectedArea Lake Nakuru
this entity surface form: Lake Nakuru National Park
Nakuru County contains Lake Nakuru
Nakuru County containsProtectedArea Lake Nakuru
this entity surface form: Lake Nakuru National Park
Lake Nakuru locatedInProtectedArea Lake Nakuru self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lake Nakuru National Park