The world's largest lake in the desert

Standing on the shores of Lake Turkana, you may find that you are on the beach. However, this is not so. This lake is located in the desert of Northern Kenya, bordering Ethiopia. His second name - Rudolf.

Lake Turkana is located on the territory of the Great Rift Valley and has three islands: South, Central and North.










Total area Rudolph is about seven thousand square kilometers.





Into the lake three largest rivers Omo, Turkvel and Kerio.









The maximum depth of the lake Turkana is thirty meters.







Its length from north to south is about 249 km and the widest place (east to west) is 44 kilometers.







Despite the lack of access to the open ocean, there is a regular event of a storm.







The area has become a haven for the world's largest population of crocodiles.









However, as a consequence of the construction of a dam on the Omo river, the lake can be expected to participate in the Aral Sea.