Lake Turkana
| Turkana Talaab | |
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| Jade Sea | |
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  Turkana Talaab  Turkana Talaab | |
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| Jagha | Northwest Kenya aur Southwest Ethiopia |
| Coordinates | 3°35′N 36°7′E / 3.583°N 36.117°E |
| Lake ke rakam | Saline, monomictic, alkaline, endorheic |
| Khaas inflows | Omo River, Turkwel River, Kerio River |
| Primary outflows | Evaporation |
| Catchment area | 130,860 km2 (50,530 sq mi) |
| Basin ke des | Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan |
| Max. lambaai | 290 km (180 mi) |
| Max. chaurraai | 32 km (20 mi) |
| Surface area | 6,405 km2 (2,473 sq mi) |
| Average gahiraai | 30.2 m (99 ft) |
| Max. gahiraai | 109 m (358 ft) |
| Water volume | 193 km3 (46 cu mi) |
| Khaarapan | 0.244%[1] |
| Unchaai | 360.4 m (1,182 ft) |
| Islands | North Island, Central Island, South Island (volcanic) |
| Basti | El Molo, Loyangalani, Kalokol, Eliye Springs, Ileret, Fort Banya. |
| References | |
| Official name | Lake Turkana National Parks |
| Criteria | Natural: viii, x |
| Reference | 801 |
| Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
| Extensions | 2001 |
Turkana Talaab (/tɜːrˈkɑːnə, -ˈkæn-/) ek khaara paani waala talaabKenyan Rift Valley me, northern Kenya me hae, aur iske northern hissa Ethiopia me cross kare hae.[2] Ii dunia ke sab se barraa desert talaab hae aur dunia ke sab se barraa alkaline lake talaab hae. By volume, ii dunia 4th sab se barraa talaab hae,[3] Caspian Samundar, Issyk-Kul, aur Lake Van (passing the shrinking South Aral Sea), ke baad.
- ↑ Hydrological Impacts of Ethiopia’s Omo Basin On Kenya’s Lake Turkana Water Levels & Fisheries (2010), page 2-65
- ↑ The boundary between Ethiopia and Kenya has been a contentious matter. A brief consideration of the topic can be found in the State Department document, Ethiopia – Kenya Boundary Archived 18 Maach 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Lake Turkana in Kenya - The Jade Sea". www.kenyasafari.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.