{"id":25703,"date":"2025-11-11T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25703"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:02:41","slug":"lake-turkana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lake-turkana\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Turkana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lake Turkana Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A drying climate in East Africa reduced the amount of water in Kenya\u2019s Lake Turkana over thousands of years, which unleashed earthquakes and volcanoes from underneath it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lake Turkana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lake Turkana, f<\/span><b>ormerly Lake Rudolf, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a vast, <\/span><b>shallow lake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in the <\/span><b>arid part of northern Kenya,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with its <\/span><b>northern end extending into Ethiopia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> lies along the Eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/great-rift-valley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rift Valley<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, separated from Lake Logipi on the south by a group of young volcanoes known as the Barriers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>three main rivers flowing into the lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>Omo, Kerio, and Turkwel, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the <\/span><b>Omo River contributing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about <\/span><b>90% of the inflow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> annually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>Africa\u2019s 4th largest lake by surface area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest permanent desert lake.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a surface area of 6,405 sq.km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>248 km long<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, only 16\u201332 km wide, and relatively shallow, its greatest recorded depth being 240 feet (73 meters).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designated as a <\/span><b>UNESCO World Heritage site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is renowned for its unique biodiversity and cultural significance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is lying in a<\/span><b> hot, arid, and remote region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and provides resources for communities on the lakeshore and surrounding areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>most saline lake in East Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, full of <\/span><b>brackish water with high levels of fluoride <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that make it largely <\/span><b>unsuitable for drinking.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Sudden storms are frequent, rendering navigation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the lake <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">treacherous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2503579-when-rift-lakes-dry-up-it-can-cause-earthquakes-and-eruptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Turkana is a vast, shallow lake located in the arid part of northern Kenya, with its northern end extending into Ethiopia. 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