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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley' has mentioned 'Lake' in the following places:
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| [8] Lake Magadi is the most southern rift valley lake in Kenya, although the northern end of Lake Natron in Tanzania reaches into Kenya. | WIKI |
| Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift ValleyUNESCO World Heritage SiteLake Bogoria, one of the main lakes in the Great Rift Valley.LocationRift Valley Province, KenyaIncludes Lake Elementaita Lake Nakuru Lake Bogoria CriteriaNatural:xc2xa0(vii), (ix), (x)Reference1060revInscription2011 (35th session)Area32,034xc2xa0ha (79,160 acres)Bufferxc2xa0zone3,581xc2xa0ha (8,850 acres)Coordinates00xc2xb026xe2x80xb233xe2x80xb3N 36xc2xb014xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf0.44250xc2xb0N 36.24000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 0.44250; 36.24000Coordinates: 00xc2xb026xe2x80xb233xe2x80xb3N 36xc2xb014xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf0.44250xc2xb0N 36.24000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 0.44250; 36.24000 UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameLake Turkana National ParksCriteriaNatural: viii, xReference801bisInscription1997 (21st session)Extensions2001 Location of Great Rift Valley, Kenya in Kenya | WIKI |
| From north to south, the names of these lakes are Lake Turkana, Lake Logipi, Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru, Lake Elmenteita, Lake Naivasha, and Lake Magadi. | WIKI |
| Their nest mounds can also be preserved and cemented as the lake's water levels change. | WIKI |
| Three shallow alkaline lakes and the surrounding lands make up the Kenya lake system: Lake Bogoria at 10,700 hectares (26,000 acres), Lake Nakuru at 18,800 hectares (46,000 acres) and Lake Elementaita at 2,534 hectares (6,260 acres). | WIKI |
| The Kenya lake system is a key location on the West Asian-East African Flyway, a route followed by huge numbers of birds in their annual migration from breeding grounds in the north to wintering places in Africa. | WIKI |
| The Kenya lake system is surrounded by the steep escarpment of the Rift Valley, which provides a spectacular backdrop. | WIKI |
| Other lakes are Lake Chew Bahir, in the northeast extension. | WIKI |
| This lake lies mainly in Ethiopia but extends into Kenya in the rainy season. | WIKI |
| Lake Kamnarok is another small lake. | WIKI |
| The Kenya Lake System is composed of three alkaline lakes and their surrounding territories: Lake Bogoria, 10,700 ha; Lake Nakuru, 18,800 ha; and Lake Elementaita, 2,534 ha. | UNESCO |
| Some of the world's greatest diversities and concentrations of bird species are recorded within these relatively small lake systems. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vii): The Kenya Lake System presents an exceptional range of geological and biological processes of exceptional natural beauty, including falls, geysers, hot springs, open waters and marshes, forests and open grasslands concentrated in a relatively small area and set among the landscape backdrop of the Great Rift Valley. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ix): The Kenya Lake System illustrates ongoing ecological and biological processes which provide valuable insights into the evolution and the development of soda lake ecosystems and the related communities of plants and animals. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (x): The Kenya Lake System is the single most important foraging site for the Lesser Flamingo in the world with about 1.5 million individuals moving from one lake to the other and provides the main nesting and breeding grounds for Great White Pelicans in the Great Rift Valley. | UNESCO |
| Transboundary cooperation is also important as the values of the property are partly dependant on protection of other lake and wetland areas that support migratory species. | UNESCO |