🌿 Lake Turkana National Parks

Kenya · Africa · Natural · 4.00°N, 36.00°E

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.

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Quick facts

Country	Kenya
Continent / region	Africa
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	4.00°N, 36.00°E · view on map

Lake Turkana National Parks is a natural World Heritage site in Kenya, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Lake Turkana National Parks was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Kenya

Lamu Old Town · Fort Jesus, Mombasa · Mount Kenya National Park · Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests · Sibiloi National Park · Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site · Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley · The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi · Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest.

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