Fun facts about Lake Turkana
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The Turkana refer to Lake Turkana as Anam Ka'alakol, meaning 'the sea of many fish'.
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Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.
From the “Toponymy” section
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Lake Turkana is home to the Turkana mud turtle, which is endemic to the lake.
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Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.
From the “Biology” section
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Lake Turkana is the only lake that retains water from two separate catchment areas of the Nile.
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Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.
From the “Geology” section
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Hominin fossils of some of the earliest human ancestors have been found in the Turkana Basin.
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Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.
From the “Anthropology” section
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Lake Turkana is featured in the 2002 video game Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.
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Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.
From the “In popular culture” section
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