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dipu
07-02-2013, 11:28 AM
Lake Turkana is located in the north of Kenya's Rift Valley, and fed by three rivers: the Omo of Ethiopia, the Turkwel and the Kerio.

The long body of Lake Turkana drops down along the Rift Valley from the Ethiopian border, extending 249 kilometers from north to south and 44 km at its widest point with a depth of 30 meters. Between four and eight thousand years ago, the Lake stretched for more than 400 kilometers from the Omo Valley almost as far as Baringo. During this period, the Lake had an outlet, a river flowing northwestwards to join the Nile.

dipu
07-02-2013, 11:29 AM
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dipu
07-02-2013, 11:29 AM
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dipu
07-02-2013, 11:29 AM
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dipu
07-02-2013, 11:29 AM
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dipu
07-02-2013, 11:29 AM
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dipu
07-02-2013, 11:29 AM
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dipu
07-02-2013, 11:30 AM
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rajnish manga
07-02-2013, 01:08 PM
:bravo:

इस उत्तम जानकारी के लिए आपका धन्यवाद, दीपू जी. एक अनजान किन्तु महत्वपूर्ण जगह का सचित्र परिचय पा कर अच्छा लगा.

abhisays
10-02-2013, 02:36 PM
awesome........:bravo::bravo::bravo:

dipu
10-02-2013, 03:41 PM
awesome........:bravo::bravo::bravo:

:gm::gm::gm::gm:

dipu
10-02-2013, 03:41 PM
:bravo:

इस उत्तम जानकारी के लिए आपका धन्यवाद, दीपू जी. एक अनजान किन्तु महत्वपूर्ण जगह का सचित्र परिचय पा कर अच्छा लगा.

:banalama::banalama::banalama: