Lake Nakuru

Summary

Lake Nakuru is a soda lake^[1]. It draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (soda_lake category, ranking #3 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lake Nakuru is in the country of Kenya^[3].
• Lake Nakuru's image is recorded as Overview lakenakuru.jpg^[4].
• Lake Nakuru's instance of is recorded as soda lake^[5].
• Lake Nakuru's inflows is recorded as Njoro River^[6].
• Lake Nakuru's basin country is recorded as Kenya^[7].
• Lake Nakuru's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96002859^[8].
• Lake Nakuru's part of is recorded as Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley^[9].
• Lake Nakuru's Commons category is recorded as Lake Nakuru^[10].
• Lake Nakuru's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -0.36666666666667, 'lon': 36.083333333333}^[11].
• Lake Nakuru's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06jcjh^[12].
• Lake Nakuru's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1060rev-002^[13].
• Lake Nakuru's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Lake-Nakuru^[14].
• Lake Nakuru's heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site^[15].
• Lake Nakuru's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[16].
• Lake Nakuru's GeoNames ID is recorded as 184621^[17].
• Lake Nakuru's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1758'}^[18].
• Lake Nakuru's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+188'}^[19].
• Lake Nakuru's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+18800'}^[20].
• Lake Nakuru's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1800'}^[21].
• Lake Nakuru's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2258198^[22].
• Lake Nakuru's Ramsar Sites Information Service ID is recorded as 476^[23].
• Lake Nakuru's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.8'}^[24].
• Lake Nakuru's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007546705405171^[25].
• Lake Nakuru's KBpedia ID is recorded as LakeNakuru^[26].
• Lake Nakuru's OpenStreetMap way ID is recorded as 16867395^[27].

Body

Geography

Lake Nakuru is in the country of Kenya^[3]. Its part of is recorded as Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley^[9].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+188'}^[19] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+18800'}^[20]. Lake Nakuru's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1758'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Lake Nakuru's instance of is recorded as soda lake^[5]. Heritage statuses include Ramsar site^[15] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[16].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lake Nakuru include Nakuru Lacuna^[28], a lacuna^[29].

Why It Matters

Lake Nakuru draws 87 Wikipedia views per month (soda_lake category, ranking #3 of 6).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Nakuru Lacuna^[28], a lacuna^[29].