![]() ![]() The lake is actually the largest breeding ground in the world for lesser flamingoes! Flamingoes thrive where others perish: Flamingos aren’t negatively affected by the bacteria in Lake Natron that harms most other birds.This is a good environment for the growth of a kind of bacteria that damages the innards of the organisms that drink it. ![]() The lake’s water is poisonous: Lake Natron contains large salt, soda and magnesite deposits.Because the water coming into the lake leaches through the volcanic material of nearby Mt Ol Doinyo Lengai, the lake’s water is highly alkaline. A volcano-fed lake: The lake has no outlets, and receives most of its water from springs and episodic streams.Phantom rain: Lake Natron receives only 400 mm of rain a year, and much of that is ‘phantom rain’ – rain that evaporates before hitting the surface.Here are some facts you’ll want to share with others for the wow factor! A small portion of the lake – its northern tip – lies over the border in southern Kenya. ![]() The elongated lake is 56 km long from north to south, and 24 km wide. Lake Natron is in northern Tanzania, just over a 100 km northwest of the city of Arusha. ![]()
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