Ọdọ Mmiri Elmenteita

Lake Elementaita
Lake Elementaita
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Coordinates	0°27′S 36°15′E / 0.450°S 36.250°E
Basin countries	Kenya
Surface area	18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Surface elevation	1,670 m (5,480 ft) ASL
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	5 September 2005
Reference no.	1498
Templeeti:Designation/divbox
Official name	Kenyan Lake System of the Great Rift Valley
Criteria	Natural: vii, ix, x
Reference	1060
Inscription	2011 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal". Session)

Ọdọ Mmiri Elmenteita bụ ọdọ mmiri soda, na Ndagwurugwu Rift Ukwu, ihe dị ka kilomita 120 n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Nairobi, Kenya.^[2]

Ọdịdị ala

Elmenteita sitere na okwu Maasai Okwu muteita, nke pụtara "ebe uzuzu", nke na-ezo aka na nkụ na uzuzu nke mpaghara ahụ, karịsịa site na Jenụwarị ruo Maachị. Obodo Gilgil dị nso na ọdọ mmiri ahụ. N'usoro ndịda ruo n'ebe ugwu nke ọdọ mmiri Rift Valley, Elmenteita dị n'etiti Ọdọ mmiri Naivasha na Ọdọ mmiri Nakuru. N'akụkụ ọdịda dị nso, nnukwu okporo ụzọ Nairobi-Nakuru (ụzọ A104 (Kenya)|Ụzọ A104) na-enye ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala ọmarịcha ọhụụ nke ọdọ mmiri ahụ. Taa ọdọ mmiri ahụ bụ ebe echekwara n'ihi ndụ nnụnụ ya ma aha ya dị ka Ebe Ihe Nketa Ụwa nke UNESCO yana Ọdọ mmiri Nakuru na Ọdọ mmiri Bogoria.

N'ihe dị ka afọ 10,000 gara aga, Ọdọ Mmiri Elementaita, tinyere ndị agbata obi Nakuru na Bogoria, mepụtara otu ọdọ mmiri dị omimi nke mesịrị kpọọ nkụ, na-ahapụ ọdọ mmiri tọ ahụ dị ka ihe fọdụrụ.^[3]

Na njedebe ndịda nke ọdọ mmiri ahụ bụ isi iyi ọkụ "Kekopey", ebe azụ a na-ewebata, Lake Magadi tilapia, na-amụ. Àkwà ahịhịa ndị dị nso bụ ebe a na-egbu azụ maka herons na pelicans.

Ọ bụ Ọdọ Mmiri soda (ọka alkalinity, ụdị dị iche iche dị elu). ^[4]

Akụkọ ihe mere eme

Mpaghara ọdọ mmiri Elmenteita hụrụ ebe obibi mbụ nke ndị ọcha mgbe Hugh Cholmondeley, nke atọ bụ Baron Delamere (1879-1931) guzobere ugo Soysambu n'ala dị square kilomita 190 (eka 48,000) n'akụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke ọdọ mmiri ahụ. O nyere nwanne di ya nwoke, Galbraith Lowry Egerton Cole (1881-1929), akụkụ nke ugbo Kekopey ya, ebe e liri ya, ka echekwara taa dị ka ebe obibi Lake Elementaita..

Ugbo Soysambu, nke Ezinụlọ Delamere ka nwere, kpuchiri ụzọ abụọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ụsọ mmiri ma bụrụ ebe obibi nke ihe karịrị anụ ọhịa 12,000. Ọdọ mmiri ahụ n'onwe ya abụwo Ebe Ramsar kemgbe afọ 2005.^[5]

Mmekọrịta gburugburu ebe obibi

E dekọrọla ihe karịrị ụdị nnụnụ 400 n'ime ọdọ mmiri Nakuru/Ọdọ mmiri Elmenteita. Elmenteita na-adọta flamingo ndị na-abịa, ma ndị ukwu ma ndị nta, bụ́ ndị na-eri crustacean na ụmụ ahụh na algae na-acha anụnụ anụnụ akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ ya n'otu n'otu. E si n'Ọdọ Mmiri Magadi webata Lake Magadi tilapia n'ọdọ mmiri ahụ na 1962, kemgbe ahụkwa, ọnụ ọgụgụ flamingo ebelatala nke ukwuu. Tilapia na-adọta ọtụtụ nnụnụ na-eri azụ̀ bụ́ ndị na-erikwa àkwá flamingo na ụmụ ọkụkọ. A na-ekwu na ihe karịrị otu nde nnụnụ ndị a zụlitere na Elmenteita agbaala ọsọ ndụ na Lake Natron na Tanzania.

A na-azụ anụ ọhịa zebra, gazelle, eland na ezinụlọ warthog n'ikperé mmiri ahụ.

Ọdọ mmiri ahụ na-adịkarị omimi (ihe na-erughị 1 m omimi) ma nwee ala apịtị n'oge ọkọchị. N'oge Pleistocene na mmalite Holocene, Ọdọ Mmiri Elmenteita na ọdọ mmiri Nakuru gbasaa mgbe ụfọdụ, na-emepụta ọdọ mmiri buru ibu. A na-echekwa ihe ndị fọdụrụ n'ọdọ mmiri mbụ ahụ dị ka ihe ndị dị n'ime ala n'ebe dị iche iche gburugburu ọdọ mmiri ahụ, gụnyere ụsọ mmiri mbụ.

N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ọdọ mmiri na ọnụ ọgụgụ nke flamingoes adaala ka ọrụ mmadụ na-arịwanye elu emeela ka ebe na-ejupụta mmiri kpọọ nkụ.^[6]

Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ ndị metụtara ya

N'ebe dị nso bụ Kariandusi Museum, n'otu ebe dị mkpa tupu akụkọ ihe mere eme ebe Louis Leakey chọpụtara mkpịsị aka na mkpịsị ụkwụ na 1928.

Elmenteita Badlands bụ lava na-asọba n'ebe ndịda ọdọ mmiri ahụ, kpuchiri ya n'ọhịa ma gụnye ụfọdụ ugwu mara mma.

Hụkwa

Ndepụta nke Ebe Nketa Ụwa na Kenya

Edensibịa

↑ Lake Elmenteita. Retrieved on 25 April 2018.
↑ Scoon, Roger N. (2018), "Lakes of the Gregory Rift Valley: Baringo, Bogoria, Nakuru, Elmenteita, Magadi, Manyara and Eyasi", Geology of National Parks of Central/Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Springer International Publishing, pp. 167–180, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73785-0_15, ISBN 978-3-319-73784-3
↑ Lake Nakuru | Lake Nakuru | World Lake Database - ILEC. wldb.ilec.or.jp. Retrieved on 2025-03-11.
↑ Duckworth (1996). "Phylogenetic diversity of soda lake alkaliphiles". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 19 (3): 181–191. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.1996.tb00211.x.
↑ Peck (17 September 2005). Lake Elmenteita added to the Ramsar List. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Archived from the original on November 14, 2008. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.
↑ Daily Nation, December 8, 2009: A lake lies on its deathbed Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Lake Elmenteita. Retrieved on 25 April 2018.

[2] Scoon, Roger N. (2018), "Lakes of the Gregory Rift Valley: Baringo, Bogoria, Nakuru, Elmenteita, Magadi, Manyara and Eyasi", Geology of National Parks of Central/Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Springer International Publishing, pp. 167–180, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73785-0_15, ISBN 978-3-319-73784-3

[:0-3] Lake Nakuru | Lake Nakuru | World Lake Database - ILEC. wldb.ilec.or.jp. Retrieved on 2025-03-11.

[4] Duckworth (1996). "Phylogenetic diversity of soda lake alkaliphiles". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 19 (3): 181–191. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.1996.tb00211.x.

[5] Peck (17 September 2005). Lake Elmenteita added to the Ramsar List. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Archived from the original on November 14, 2008. Retrieved on 2009-04-19.

[6] Daily Nation, December 8, 2009: A lake lies on its deathbed Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

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