Lake Manyara is a scenic gem that lies at the foot of the Rift fault .
Summary
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- 1 Location
- 2 Features
- 3 Image Gallery
- 1 Diversity of animals
- 4 Related link
- 5 Sources
Location
Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusted and gold 600-meter-high escarpment of the Rift Valley , Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting praised by Ernest Hemingway as “the most beautiful he had ever seen. in Africa “.
Is a shallow lake, salt and endorreico Africa, located in the Natron-Manyara-Balangida branch of the East African Rift, in the region of Arusha in the north of Tanzania .
characteristics
The lake was formed more than two million years ago, when the waters filled the lowlands after the formation of the Great Rift Valley. The lake contains large amounts of salt and phosphate.
An average of 650 mm of precipitation is collected in the region, with the rainy season divided into two parts: from November to December and from February to April . In dry years, the lake is almost completely dry. The average annual temperature of 22 ° C.
It has 231 km², with a length of 50 km and a width of 16 km1 and is located at about 600 m.
The size of the lake varies greatly depending on the year. In 1994 it was reduced to a toxic pool compared to the lake that exists today, while in 1996 the rains were so intense that the lake reached unprecedented levels, flooding some of the campsites and blocking roads.
Animal diversity
It has a great diversity of landscapes and its shores are home to buffalo , elephants , lions , leopards , rhinos and a large number of birds.
