These lakes are found on the floor of the Great Rift Valley where major tectonic and/or volcanic events have shaped a distinctive landscape. Some of the world's greatest diversities and concentrations ...

The East African Rift Valley sits between the Afar Triangle ... between minimum and maximum water levels were found for all investigated lakes. The water level of Lake Solai increased by 8.5 ...

After graduation Gregory found work at the British ... a necklace located along the borders of the rift valley, following major fault systems. Near lake Kivu, a killer lake formed by tectonic ...

Having worked on East African hydrology for decades, including these lakes, I wanted to share insights on the rise in water levels. The Rift Valley is subject to ongoing plate tectonics and ...

Rift Valley, Kenya – It was seven years ago when Job Chebon, owner of a tourist lodge on the edge of Lake Baringo, first noticed the waters near his property rise dangerously. “The water ...

The latest water bird count in Rift Valley lakes last January revealed there were 180,000 Lesser flamingos and 8,000 Greater flamingos. A count during the same period last year showed found ...

Prof Onywere found that Lake Bogoria's flooded area ... the phenomenon may not be unique to the Rift Valley lakes. Climate scientists say the lakes are rising due to increased precipitation ...

The fate of three other lakes in Rift Valley hangs in the balance as the ... Of the six million flamingoes in the world, four million are found in East Africa and one million in Lake Nakuru ...

The sharp rise of water levels in all the lakes in Rift Valley has caused massive pollution, raising fears of a crisis in the water body ecosystems . According to the National Environmental ...

Flamingoes exist elsewhere in Africa (Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Uganda) but in nowhere near the concentrations found in the three lakes in the Kenyan Rift Valley but with exception ...

We found that this has also increased ... Water level fluctuations in the Rift Valley lakes are not new. Lake Naivasha, for instance, was reduced to a puddle around 1850 and particularly low ...

We found that this has also increased ... Water level fluctuations in the Rift Valley lakes are not new. Lake Naivasha, for instance, was reduced to a puddle around 1850 and particularly low ...