Lake Turkana
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Summary
Lake Turkana is a salt lake[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of salt lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,436 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Kenya[3], Ethiopia[4]
- Instance of: endorheic lake[5]
- Inflows: Omo River[6], Turkwel River[7], Kibish River[8], Kerio River[9]
- Outflows: evaporation[10]
- Part of: Lake Turkana National Parks[11], African Great Lakes[12]
- Commons category: Lake Turkana[13]
- IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category II: National Park[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Turkana[15]
- Commons gallery: Lake Turkana[16]
- Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/jazero-turkana/[17]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Turkana Basin[18]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[21], New International Encyclopedia[22]
- Different from: Turkana people[23]
- Length: 290 km[24]
- Elevation above sea level: 360 m[25]
- Area: 6405 km²[26]
- Width: 32 km[27]
- Watershed area: 130,860 km²[28]
- Volume as quantity: 203,600 cubic hectometre[29]
- Residence time of water: 12.5 years[30]
- Vertical depth: 109 m[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lake Turkana[33]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Turkana include Homo rudolfensis[34], a fossil taxon[35]; Turkana Boy[36], a skeleton[37]; Australopithecus anamensis[38], a fossil taxon[39]; and Lake Turkana Wind Power Station[40], a wind farm[41], in Kenya[42].
Why It Matters
Lake Turkana has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for it include Homo rudolfensis[34], a fossil taxon[35]; Turkana Boy[36], a skeleton[37]; Australopithecus anamensis[38], a fossil taxon[39]; and Lake Turkana Wind Power Station[40], a wind farm[41], in Kenya[42].