Lake Turkana National Parks
Kenya
Date of Inscription: 1997
Extension: 2001 Criteria: (viii)(x) Core zone: 161485 ha N3 3 4.7 E36 30 13.2 Ref: 801bis |
Brief Description
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 Koobi Fora deposits, rich in mammalian, molluscan and other fossil remains, have contributed more to the understanding of paleo-environments than any other site on the continent.