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	Lake Turkana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Turkana, formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (although the far northern end of the lake crosses into Ethiopia), which covers a surface area of 6405 km² (2473 mi²), making it the world's largest permanent desert lake.
		The lake was named Lake Rudolf by Count Samuel Teleki and Lieutenant Von Höhnel in 1888, and renamed Lake Turkana in 1975.
		Lake Turkana, sometimes referred to as the Jade Sea, contains Nile perch and tilapia, used to contain Africa's largest population of Nile crocodiles - 14,000 bred on Central Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Turkana (456 words)

	Turkana - Lake Turkana - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
		This is where the lake's constantly fluctuating level is most apparent: for example, the six metre fall in the lake's level between the 1960s and late-1990s left the former shoreside village of Kalokol almost 8km from the waters.
		Despite the barren surroundings, the lake itself is a surprisingly rich if somewhat limited habitat for life, which on the lowest level manifests itself in an immense bloom of soda-loving algae, which can change the colour of lake from sky blue to jade green, according to the effects of wind and sunlight.
		But as the influx is primarily the River Omo, the lake's level is subject to wild fluctuations during periods of heavy rain or drought in the Ethiopian Highlands.
	www.bluegecko.org /kenya/tribes/turkana/laketurkana.htm (1437 words)

	Kenya Virtual Field Trip : Lake Turkana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Also known as the Jade Sea, this lake is an extraordinary sight as the shimmering colours of its surface contrast sharply with the barren, lunar landscape of extinct volcanoes and lava beds that surround it.
		The lake owes its lovely nickname to algae particles which shift with changes of the wind and light, so that the water surface moves from blue to grey to fabulous jade.
		Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world and the northern-most of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes.
	www.esci.keele.ac.uk /kenya-vfc/area-profile-turkana.html (237 words)

	Lake Turkana - Africa - Kenya
		Lake Turkana is renowned for its impressive variety of birdlife.
		Although thousands of years ago Lake Turkana fed the White Nile, it now has no outlet and the shoreline of this inland sea is slowly receding in the face of the harsh sun and ever less water reaching the lake from the seasonal floods of the Omo and Turkwell rivers.
		The fascination of Turkana is partly its remoteness and partly its savage terrain.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/guide/laketurkana.asp (630 words)

	Carmelite presence in Turkana, Kenya
		The Turkana desert is bounded on the North by Sudan, on the West by Uganda, on the East by Lake Turkana (formerly Lake Rudolph) and separated from the remainder of Kenya by the high mountains of West Pokot.
		Because of the nature of the Turkana desert the flocks must find pasture where ever it is available and this means that during the dry season the manyattas or homesteads must be moved to the hills.
		Since Turkana society is polygamous and since a substantial bride price is payable to the father of the bride on the occasion of marriage every father ambitions a wealthy marriage for his daughters.
	www.carmelites.ie /Ireland/turkana.htm (2980 words)

	ipedia.com: Lake Turkana Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Turkana, also known as Lake Rudolf or Lake Rudolph, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.
		Lake Turkana, also known as Lake Rudolf or Lake Rudolph, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (although the far northern end of the lake crosses into Ethiopia).
		The hominid skeleton known as Turkana Boy was found near Lake Turkana in 1984.
	www.ipedia.com /lake_turkana.html (165 words)

	Lake Turkana-Linda Quinet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Turkana, a glittering jewel in the northern deserts of Kenya's Rift Valley in East Africa, is a startling contrast to the extinct volcanoes, barren rock and lava beds that frame it.
		Detouring along the eastern shore of Lake Turkana due to bad weather, he saw what he thought might be layers of lake deposits.
		Equally as awesome is the lake's abundance of crocodiles, especially considering they are meat eaters, and humans swim in the same lake.
	www.romartraveler.com /RomarPages/LakeTurkana-Quinet.html (1770 words)

	Turkana introduction - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
		With a population of somewhere between 250,000 and 340,000, the Nilotic-speaking Turkana are Kenya's third-largest tribe, as well as the country's second-largest group of pastoralists, after the Maasai.
		The majority live in Turkana District of Rift Valley Province in the arid northwest of Kenya, bounded to the north by Sudan, by Uganda to the west, to the south by the Pokot and Samburu peoples, and to the east by Lake Turkana (formerly called Lake Rudolf) and its volcanic hills.
		In spite of the seemingly miraculous anomaly of the lake, this is not - at first glance - a promising place for life: the land for the most part is parched desert plain strewn with rusty sun-baked rocks, coarse sand and small outcrops, and some low and equally barren hills.
	www.bluegecko.org /kenya/tribes/turkana (966 words)

	Lake Turkana, Kenya, East Africa - Eco-resorts
		Lake Turkana, otherwise known as the Jade Sea, is 265 km long with an average width of 30 km.
		Lake Turkana is a deep alkaline green and scenic beyond belief, surrounded by cliffs, gentle beaches, deserts and dark outcrops of volcanic rock.
		The Lake is the only permanent source of water in the area; the Gabbra and Merille tribes in the area are utterly reliant upon the Lake and the camels with which they live.
	www.eco-resorts.com /LakeTurkana.php (560 words)

	Bunson Travel Service :: Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Turkana is a massive inland sea, the largest desert lake in the world (6,405 sq km).
		Turkana has one of the longest living histories on earth, and recent fossil evidence unearthed at Koobi Fora has led to the Lake being referred to as 'The Cradle of Mankind'.
		Lake Turkana is Kenya's most remote destination, but one that repays the intrepid traveller with rich rewards...
	www.bunsonkenya.com /attractions/lk_turkana.html (391 words)

	Lake Turkana - The Jade Sea
		During the late 1930's two rest camps were situated on the shores of Lake Turkana: one built by the Government and a second built by Kitale farmers at the site of the current lodge at Ferguson's Gulf.
		Lake Turkana is perhaps the largest desert lake in the world, measuring about 7000sq kms and fed by three rivers: the Omo of Ethiopia, the Turkwel and the Kerio.
		The crater lakes are also connected through sub-terrain ducts with the main lake, and are renowned for the differing shades of jade, green and blue at various times of the day.
	www.ivorynet.com /laketurkana.htm (1807 words)

	LAKE TURKANA
		In the Lake Turkana basin, Tertiary volcanic rocks are found in the south and along most of the western side of the lake, while a later lava flow (Pleistocene) forms a barrier in the southern end of the lake.
		Turkana has no outlet, and water is lost from the lake mainly by evaporation.
		The water level of this closed basin lake is determined by the balance between the influx from rivers and groundwater and the evaporation from the lake surface.
	www.ilec.or.jp /database/afr/afr-20.html (828 words)

	African Latitude - Lake Turkana & Chalbi Desert - Trekking, Safari In Kenya&Tanzania For Adventure, Camping, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This magnificent lake in the middle of the desert was joined to the Nile River system some three million years ago, but it was then of a much greater size than its actual 8000 square kilometres of today.
		It was fed by a number of rivers flowing from the high plateaus of Kenya and Ethiopia, but since the last ice age the large rivers and the lake diminished in size by evaporation due to the progressive aridity of the climate.
		Now the lake is an immense expanse of clay and white salt, where the horizon dissolves into a mirage and often we meet herds of oryx, ostrich or even Grevys zebra galloping across this great whiteness.
	www.africanlatitude.com /african-latitude-kenya-lake-turkana-chalbi-desert.htm (2045 words)

	Allopatric Speciation of the Nile Tilapia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The geological setting of Lake Turkana is a prime example of how separated populations of Oreochromis niloticus niloticus cichlid species (Nile Tilapia) (fig.
		Lake Turkana is the result of rifting along the Eastern African Rift Valley in the northwest part of Kenya.
		Lake Turakana’s pattern of geographic isolation of cichlid species mirrors the speciation patterns present in dozens of cichlid species within the shores of other East African Rift Lakes.
	geology.fullerton.edu /faculty/dck/Geol303B/Mike_web/Mike_Barrier.htm (446 words)

	Kenya, Africa - Lake Turkana in Kenya
		The lake itself is surrounded by barren volcanic lava beds with little to no vegetation.
		Until 2 million years ago this great body of water was a freshwater lake fed from the north by the Oma River in Ethiopia.
		Loyangalani is a remote settlement on the shores of the lake populated by Turkana tribespeople.
	www.jambokenya.com /jambo/location/lturkana.htm (158 words)

	Feature Article Turkana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In a windless interlude one might not expect, asthough the squal were not enough, a thumbnail sized camel fly to alight unbeknown to you and awake you to reality with a hell of a sting, leaving you with a small ball of blood as testimony and a paranoic wareness.
		Lake Turkana is the biggest of many soda lakes in the Great Rift valley, but unlike the others it is not brackish enough to prevent a vigourous population of fish, bird and animal life from flourishing.
		The Turkana have survived as pastoralists and migrated from North of Uganda where they appear to be related to the Karomojong (also descendants of the Massai, Nandi etc).
	www.eye-imagine.co.uk /portfolio2/feat4.htm (985 words)

	Kenya, JOURNEY TO THE JADE SEA - Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya - Go2Africa.com
		Turkana is the biggest permanent desert lake in the world, 250km long and on average, 40km wide.
		The lake has the largest population of Nile crocodiles in the world, and the water is harsh and alkaline, barely drinkable.
		Turkana is a compelling destination, one of the wildest, most remote places in East Africa, a place of awesome beauty and bewildering contrasts.
	www.go2africa.com /kenya/_articles/article_34.asp (1274 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Lake Turkana National Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brief description: Lake Turkana is the largest, most northerly and most saline of Africa's Rift Valley lakes and an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities.
		The northeastern shore of the lake is mostly rocky or sandy.
		The water level of the lake has been dropping steadily for some years: a decline of 10m was recorded between 1975 and 1993, primarily due to reduced inflow from the Omo River in Ethiopia due to irrigation and drought upstream.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/sibiloi.html (2117 words)

	Tim and Lara Beth's Kenya Page - Lake Turkana
		Lake Turkana, the subject of John Hillaby's Journey to the Jade Sea, is the destination of choice in northern Kenya as well as the largest permanent desert lake in the world.
		Turkana's fish are legendary in Kenya, with its Nile perch reaching weights of over 800 kilograms (over 360 pounds).
		Ferguson's Gulf Fishing Lodge (also called the Lake Turkana Fishing Lodge) is located on the west side of the lake and offers the highest concentration of birds on that side.
	www.blissites.com /kenya/places/turkana.html (290 words)

	Turkana - allAfrica.com: Kenya: Munyes, the First-Ever Turkana Cabinet Minister
		Turkana: Kenya's Nomads of the Jade Sea by Nigel Pavitt.
		Lake Turkana, Lake Turkana Kenya, Lakes in Kenya, Kenya Lakes
		Lake Turkana, formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (although
	infoant.com /?q=turkana (238 words)

	Turkana Expedition - THE JADE SEA
		Lake Turkana, also known as the 'Jade Sea' is a breath-taking site, vast and totally barren apart from a few stunted thorn trees.
		It is a highly saline soda lake particularly at the Southern end but less saline in the northern end.
		After breakfast, leave Baragoi for Lake Turkana arriving in time for lunch at El- molo campsite, which is on the shores of Lake Turkana.
	www.saferidesafaris.com /Turkana.htm (383 words)

	LAKE TURKANA: OUTER LIMITS
		As usual, there is a lot of truth in the legend- and most of the tribes that live around the lake have had to develop a strong survival instinct to prosper on these shores- and the cultures here are some of the most pure and isolated on earth.
		While it is possible to fly to the Lake in a Chartered aircraft (and indeed flying is recommended for the furthest Northern reaches) it must be said that flying to Turkana somewhat distills the adventure.
		One of these small lakes is home to an ancient species of Tilapia- a small freshwater fish- whose existence suggests that the Lake may have once been fed by the Nile.
	www.magicalkenya.com /default.nsf/0/F498DF12C03F4D4143256C98003137CC?opendocument&l=1 (1532 words)

	Lake Turkana National Parks - UNESCO World Heritage Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities.
		The three National Parks serve as a stopover for migrant waterfowl and are major breeding grounds for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus and a variety of venomous snakes.
		The Lake Turkana ecosystem with its diverse bird life and desert environment offers an exceptional laboratory for studies of plant and animal communities.
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=801 (239 words)

	KFRP Koobi Fora Research Project Lake Turkana Basin
		The Lake Turkana (formerly Lake Rudolf) Basin is situated in north western Kenya and southern Ethiopia.
		In 1968, the Kenyan contingent withdrew to prospect the Kenyan exposures on the northeastern shores of Lake Turkana.
		These research efforts have focused on both the eastern and western shores of Lake Turkana, and have provided an exceptional depth of understanding of the past geological and palaeoenvironmental history of the area.
	www.kfrp.com /kfrp_history.htm (472 words)

	Lake Turkana National Park - Kenya Overland Tours - Great Rift Valley Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Turkana is the most northern lake of the Great Rift Valley lakes and is a vast expanse of jade green water that creates an eerie barrenness.
		Due to the high salinity levels there is practically no wildife or plant life that lives in the lake, hence the eerieness of the area.
		Thorn trees sparsely populate Lake Turkana and the conditions of the area are harsh.
	www.overlandingafrica.com /kenya-h-laketurk.php (368 words)

	Kenya - Lake Turkana
		The last miles out to the lake is through loose sand and there is no road at all, you have to know in which direction to drive to reach the abandoned hotel.
		My ancient atlas say Lake Rudolf and the current name Lake Turkana, named after one of the tribes living here, but elsewhere it is mentioned as The Jade Sea.
		They were going round the lake counter-clock wise on their own and were grateful for some tips.
	www.geocities.com /wand3ls/laketurkana.html (1918 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Turkana, located in Kenya is a region where many sites yeilding numerous hominid fossils have been exca-
		In 1984, a group of investigators at Lake Turkana unearthed the most complete skeleton of an early Homo erectus to date.
		His tall body type would have made the Turkana Boy well adapted to the hot tropical weather, and his skull could have enclosed a brain nearly 2/3 the size of a Homo sapien's.
	codesign.scu.edu /anthroweb2/026/AFRICA/LAKTURKANA.htm (283 words)

	African Safaris by Ismail: Travel to Lake Turkana and the Sutuga Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If the destination is Lake Turkana, then it is about a 6 hour ride up to Baragoi, and the walking starts from there.
		The Suguta Valley and Lake Turkana are described as one of if not the harshest terrains on the planet.
		Keep in mind though, that the Turkana safari is not a picnic, this isn't a guided stroll through the African bush with a cold beer waiting for you at the end of the day, (although the Oasis Lodge in Loyangolani, the end point of our journey, does have cold beer!).
	www.turkanasafaris.com /_pages/info.asp (1183 words)

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