Lake Bogoria

One of the alkaline, shallow lakes in the "Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley". It is supposed to be connected with lakes Nakuru and Elmenteita and is just around 10 metres deep. A few days ago most of the lesser flamingos migrated here from lake Nakuru. What all these lakes - and also the fresh water lakes like Naivasha - have in common is that recently their water levels rose with uncommon rapidity. Many old trees on the shores died and also some of the hot springs at Bogoria are supposed to be flooded by now. Lakeside campsites are just gone! The people think that it might be due to tectonic activity and also due to massive forest disappearance in the catchment areas. But as far as I understood the non-fresh-water lakes are pretty little influenced by "exterior water coming in". Still, deforestation is a big issue and already being tackled by the government by extensive reforestation activities. They should educate people too but the population pressure is so high, the whole landscape is already so damn eroded and overgrazed that I have problems to see any golden future here :-/Leia mais