Lake Turkana

E81538
lake rift valley lake saline lake

Lake Turkana is a large, saline lake in Kenya’s arid north, renowned for its striking turquoise waters, rich biodiversity, and significant archaeological sites along its shores.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lake Turkana canonical 25
Lake Turkana Basin 2
Turkana 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
rift valley lake ⓘ
saline lake ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jade Sea ⓘ
archaeologicalRegion Rift Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Turkana Basin
associatedWithDiscovery Turkana Boy fossil ⓘ
averageDepth approximately 30 meters ⓘ
basinCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
borderedBy Marsabit County ⓘ
Turkana County ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
color turquoise ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
elevation approximately 360 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasIsland Central Island ⓘ
North Island ⓘ
South Island ⓘ
humanUse fishing ⓘ
pastoralism along shores ⓘ
inflow Kerio River ⓘ
Omo River ⓘ
Turkwel River ⓘ
knownFor Nile crocodile populations ⓘ
fossil hominid remains ⓘ
large colonies of waterbirds ⓘ
paleontological discoveries ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
significant archaeological sites ⓘ
striking turquoise waters ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: Great Rift Valley

Kenya’s arid north ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 110 meters ⓘ
maximumLength approximately 250 km ⓘ
maximumWidth approximately 30–40 km ⓘ
nearSite Koobi Fora ⓘ
Lothagam ⓘ
Koobi Fora ⓘ
surface form: Nariokotome
outflow endorheic (no outlet) ⓘ
partOf East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: East African Rift system
protectedArea Central Island National Park ⓘ
Sibiloi National Park ⓘ
Central Island National Park ⓘ
surface form: South Island National Park
region Northern Kenya ⓘ
salinity brackish to saline ⓘ
supportsSpecies Nile crocodile ⓘ
cichlid fishes ⓘ
hippopotamus ⓘ
tilapia ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 6,400 square kilometers ⓘ
threat climate variability ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
upstream damming on Omo River ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1997 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
waterType alkaline ⓘ
saline ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Kenya → lake → Lake Turkana ⓘ
East African Rift → contains → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Kisumu → locatedOn → Lake Turkana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Winam Gulf
African Great Lakes → containsLake → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Rift Valley escarpments → borders → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Gregory Rift → hasLake → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → contains → Lake Turkana ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system
El Molo → spokenAlong → Lake Turkana ⓘ
El Molo → locatedNear → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Nile perch → nativeTo → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Rift Valley region → contains → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Karamojong → relatedGroup → Lake Turkana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkana
Rift Valley Province → containsLake → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Rift Valley Province → ethnicGroup → Lake Turkana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkana
Turkana County → hasWaterBody → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Turkana County → contains → Lake Turkana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Turkana Basin
South Island → locatedIn → Lake Turkana ⓘ
subject surface form: South Island (Lake Turkana)
Sibiloi National Park → locatedIn → Lake Turkana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern shore of Lake Turkana
Sibiloi National Park → borderedBy → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Central Island National Park → locatedIn → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Northern Kenya → hasTourismAttraction → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Koobi Fora → partOf → Lake Turkana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Turkana Basin
Marsabit County → near → Lake Turkana ⓘ
North Island → locatedIn → Lake Turkana ⓘ
subject surface form: North Island (Lake Turkana)
North Island → surroundedBy → Lake Turkana ⓘ
subject surface form: North Island (Lake Turkana)
Lothagam → locatedOnShoreOf → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Omo River → mouthLocation → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Omo River → flowsInto → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Omo River → dischargeLocation → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Lake Turkana National Parks → followsShoreOf → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Kerio River → emptiesInto → Lake Turkana ⓘ
Kerio River → hasMouthLocation → Lake Turkana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Turkana, Kenya