Lake Naivasha

E81767
freshwater lake lake

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, renowned for its rich birdlife, hippo populations, and surrounding flower farms and wildlife conservancies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lake Naivasha canonical 16
Lake Naivasha ecosystem 1
Naivasha basin 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
averageDepth about 6 metres ⓘ
basinCountry Kenya ⓘ
climateZone tropical highland ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
floriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ecosystemType wetland ecosystem ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1884 metres ⓘ
habitatFor African fish eagle ⓘ
cormorants ⓘ
herons ⓘ
hippopotamus ⓘ
kingfishers ⓘ
pelicans ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
hasDesignation Ramsar Wetland of International Importance ⓘ
surface form: Ramsar site
hasInflow Gilgil River ⓘ
Malewa River ⓘ
hasIsland Crescent Island ⓘ
Hippo Point area ⓘ
hasOutflow no visible surface outflow ⓘ
hasShorelineVegetation acacia trees ⓘ
papyrus reeds ⓘ
knownFor boat safaris ⓘ
large hippo population ⓘ
rich birdlife ⓘ
scenic views of Mount Longonot ⓘ
surrounding flower farms ⓘ
wildlife conservancies ⓘ
locatedIn East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: Great Rift Valley

Nakuru County ⓘ
Rift Valley Province ⓘ
locatedNear Naivasha ⓘ
locatedNorthwestOf Nairobi ⓘ
maximumDepth about 30 metres ⓘ
near Crater Lake Game Sanctuary ⓘ
Crescent Island Game Sanctuary ⓘ
Hell’s Gate National Park ⓘ
Mount Longonot ⓘ
outflowType subsurface seepage ⓘ
partOf East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: East African Rift system
RamsarDesignationYear 1995 ⓘ
salinity low ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 139 square kilometres ⓘ
surroundedBy flower farms ⓘ
horticultural farms ⓘ
threatenedBy habitat degradation ⓘ
over-abstraction of water ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Kenya → lake → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Gregory Rift → contains → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naivasha basin
Gregory Rift → hasLake → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → contains → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system
Rift Valley region → contains → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Rift Valley Province → containsLake → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Naivasha → locatedNear → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Naivasha → isGatewayTo → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Naivasha → hasNearbyFeature → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Naivasha → hasNearbyWaterBody → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Crescent Island Game Sanctuary → locatedIn → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Crescent Island Game Sanctuary → waterBody → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Crater Lake Game Sanctuary → near → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Hippo Point area → locatedOn → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
this entity surface form: shores of Lake Naivasha
Hippo Point area → partOf → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Naivasha ecosystem
Nakuru County → contains → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Hell’s Gate National Park → near → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Mount Longonot → locatedNear → Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Mount Longonot → offersViewOf → Lake Naivasha ⓘ