Rift Valley, Kenya – It was seven years ago when ... Just a few years ago, Baringo and Bogoria – freshwater and alkaline lakes, respectively – were 20km (12 miles) apart, but local ...

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 ...

Mathew Herrnegger works for the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. He receives and has received funding from government-funded and research council grants. The East African ...

As of 2020, it had expanded to 195sq km (75.3sq miles). Experts say the rising waters in Rift Valley lakes are caused by water flowing from the lakes through underground channels that have reduced ...

The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley , a natural property of outstanding beauty, comprises three inter-linked relatively shallow lakes (Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake Elementaita) in the ...

The Rift Valley lakes are submerging their environs, killing lives and livelihoods and there is a rising concern that the worst is yet to pass. There would be several reasons for… Read more » ...

Three closely grouped lakes in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley have distinctly different hues thanks to a combination of unique features. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The Western Rift Valley, meanwhile, stretches from Uganda to Mozambique, and contains some of the deepest lakes in the world. A Massive Crack in the Ground Just Appeared The Physics Behind ...

Thousands of flamingos gathered on the shorelines, squawking and croaking, while others flying or wading in the shallow waters of Kenya's alkaline lakes along the Great Rift Valley created a ...

How the worst travel day of my career turned outMoscow. May of 1971. I went on to enjoy every day of my eventual career in travel. But I never forgot this worst travel day of... Getting your share ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Over the past few years, high water levels of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes have flooded properties and displaced communities, most notably around Lakes Baringo and Naivasha.