Lake Turkana National Parks

Group of three national parks of Kenya

Lake Turkana National ParksUNESCO World Heritage Site

Location| Kenya
Includes|

1. Sibiloi National Park
2. Central Island
3. South Island

Criteria| Natural: (viii), (x)
Reference| 801bis
Inscription| 1997 (21st Session)
Extensions| 2001
Endangered| 2018–
Area| 161,485 ha (399,040 acres)
Coordinates| 3°3′4.7″N 36°30′13.2″E﻿ / ﻿3.051306°N 36.503667°E﻿ / 3.051306; 36.503667Coordinates: 3°3′4.7″N 36°30′13.2″E﻿ / ﻿3.051306°N 36.503667°E﻿ / 3.051306; 36.503667

Location of Lake Turkana National Parks in Kenya

Lake Turkana National Parks is a group of three national parks located around Lake Turkana in Kenya. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 and expanded in 2001. Reasons for the park's importance include its use as a stopping point for migratory birds, as a breeding ground for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus, and snakes. It also contains fossils in the Koobi Fora deposits which are unique in the world. Lake Turkana National Parks consist of Sibiloi National Park and two islands on Lake Turkana (Central Island and South Island).

## Gallery[edit]

* Beach At-Eliye Springs Hotel Resort On Lake Turkana

* Flamingo Lake 01

* Series of lava rock pools at southern end of Lake Turkana

* Turkana fishermen

* View Of Lake Turkana From Eliye Springs Hotel

## External links[edit]

* UNESCO Fact Sheet

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National Parks of Kenya

National Parks|

* Aberdare
* Amboseli
* Arabuko Sokoke
* Central Island
* Chyulu Hills
* Hell's Gate
* Kora
* Lake Nakuru
* Malka Mari
* Marsabit
* Meru
* Mount Elgon
* Mount Kenya
* Mount Longonot
* Nairobi
* Ol Donyo Sabuk
* Ruma
* Saiwa Swamp
* Sibiloi
* Tsavo East
* Tsavo West

Reserves|

* Arawale
* Bisanadi
* Boni
* Buffalo Springs
* Dodori
* Kerio Valley
* Kakamega Forest
* Kisumu Impala
* Lake Bogoria
* Maasai Mara
* Mwaluganje
* Mwea
* Samburu
* Shaba
* Shimba Hills
* Witu Forest

Marine National Parks
and Reserves|

* Kisite-Mpunguti
* Kiunga
* Malindi
* Mombasa
* Watamu

Sanctuary|

* Kisumu Impala

Former National Reserves|

Tana River Primate National Reserve

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Turkana Basin

* Geology of the Turkana Basin
* Lake Turkana
* Lake Turkana National Parks
* Turkana County
* Turkana people
* African Great Lakes
* Great Rift Valley, Kenya

Natural History

Geology|

| History|

* Pan-African orogeny
* East African Orogeny
* East African Rift

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Formations|

* Omo Kibish
* Nachukui
* Koobi Fora
* Lothagam
* Nawata
* Lothidok
* Lodwar

Features|

* Moruorot
* Konukuanga Hill
* Kamurunyang Hill
* Lopori Hill
* Ngaletiti Hill
* Kakurtua Hill
* Lothidok hill
* Esha hill
* Mount Kulal
* Mount Nyiru
* Central Island
* Sibiloi
* Loriu Plateau

Hydrology|

| Lakes|

* Lake Turkana
* Lake Logipi

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Rivers|

* Omo
* Turkwel
* Kerio

Streams|

* Lowarengak
* Lokitonyala
* Natoo
* Lokapetemoi
* Nariokotome
* Kaitio
* Nachukui
* Kalochoro
* Naiyeng Engol
* Kalokado
* Kokiselei
* Kangaki
* Lokalale
* Lomekwi
* Kataboi
* Kalodirr
* Kanukurinya
* Kalakol
* Nathura
* Eragaleit
* Lataagur
* Alomonet
* Kalatum
* Nakwel Esha
* Il Eriet
* Il Alia
* Il Lokochot
* Lagger river

Watering holes|

* Karsa
* Aiyangiyang

Ecology|

| Plants|

* Aristida adcensionis
* A. mutabilis
* Duosperma eremophilum
* Indigofera spinosa
* doum palm
* Salvadora persica
* Vachellia reficiens
* Acacia reficiens
* Acacia nubica
* Belpharis fruticulosa
* Acacia tortilis
* Maerua oblongifolia
* Chloris gayana
* Euphorbia bush
* Balanites
* Withania somnifera
* Cynodon dactylon
* Ficus sycamorus
* Calotropis procera

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Insects|

* Samba turkana

Fish|

* Haplochromis macconneli
* Haplochromis rudolfianus
* Haplochromis turkanae
* Barbus turkanae
* Brycinus ferox
* B. minutus
* Lates longispinis
* Neobola stellae
* Nile tilapia
* Bichir
* Mormyrus
* African arowana
* African knifefish
* Distichodus niloticus
* Nile perch
* Barbus bynni

Reptiles|

* Turkana mud turtle
* Nile crocodile

Birds|

* Little stint
* Wood sandpiper
* Common sandpiper
* African skimmer
* White-breasted cormorant
* Greater flamingo
* Heuglin's bustard
* Abyssinian roller
* Secretarybird
* Crested lark
* White-winged tern
* Slender-billed Gull
* Lesser flamingo
* Osprey
* Black-winged stilt
* Spur-winged plover
* Goliath heron
* Grey heron
* Little egret
* Sacred ibis
* Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
* Somali bee-eater
* Carmine bee-eater
* Fox kestrel
* Long-tailed paradise whydah
* Pin-tailed whydah
* Straw-tailed whydah

Mammals|

* Gerenuk
* Striped hyena
* Dik-dik
* Grevy's zebra
* Burchell's zebra
* Beisa oryx
* Grant's gazelle
* Topi
* Reticulated giraffe
* Lion
* African wild dog
* Jackal

Paleontology and archaeology

Miocene apes|

* Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni (Oligocene)
* Afropithecus turkanensis
* Turkanensis kalakolensis
* Simiolus enjiessi
* Kenyapithecus wickeri

Hominins|

| Australopithecines|

* Australopithecus anamensis
* Au. afarensis
* Kenyanthropus platyops
* Paranthropus aethiopicus
* P. aethiopicus

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Homo|

* Homo habilis
* H. rudolfensis
* H. ergaster
* H. sapiens

Sites|

* Lothagam
* Koobi Fora
* Aiyangiyang
* Turkwel
* Nariokotome
* Napedet
* Karsa
* Buluk
* Nabwal
* Irile
* Esha
* Kalodirr
* Kajong
* Nakwai
* Loperot
* Moruorot

Projects|

* National Museums of Kenya
* Turkana Basin Institute
* West Turkana Archaeological Project
* Koobi Fora Field School

Contemporary settlement and activity

Peoples|

* Turkana people
* Daasanach people
* Pokot people
* Samburu people
* Rendille people
* people
* Murle people

Towns and villages|

* Kakuma
* Lokichogio
* Lodwar
* Lorugum
* Kalokol
* Lokitaung
* Lokichar
* Oropolo
* Katilu
* Kainuk
* Kapedo
* Eliya springs
* North Horr
* South Horr

Parks and protected sites|

* Sibiloi National Park
* Central Island National Park
* South Island National Park

Organizations|

* Friends of Lake Turkana

Politics and events|

| History and events|

* Baragoi Clashes
* Tobong’u Lore

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People|

* Josphat Nanok
* Ekwee Ethuro
* John Munyes
* Ikal Angelei
* Richard Leakey
* Meave Leakey
* Ajuma Nasenyana

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