Lake Natron

a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
LakeBodyOfWater soda_lake Q838080
Lake Natron
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Lake Natron

Summary

Lake Natron is a soda lake[1]. It draws 1,193 Wikipedia views per month (soda_lake category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake Natron is in the country of Tanzania[3].
  • Lake Natron's instance of is recorded as soda lake[4].
  • Lake Natron's inflows is recorded as Ewaso Ng'iro[5].
  • Lake Natron's inflows is recorded as Southern Ewaso Ng'iro[6].
  • Lake Natron's basin country is recorded as Tanzania[7].
  • Lake Natron's basin country is recorded as Kenya[8].
  • Lake Natron's Commons category is recorded as Lake Natron[9].
  • Lake Natron's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2.4166666666667, 'lon': 36}[10].
  • Lake Natron's heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site[11].
  • Lake Natron's different from is recorded as natron[12].
  • Lake Natron's different from is recorded as Natron Lakes of Egypt[13].
  • Lake Natron's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+65'}[14].
  • Lake Natron sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+600'}[15].
  • Lake Natron covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+600'}[16].
  • Lake Natron's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+932'}[17].
  • Lake Natron's volume as quantity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5195628', 'amount': '+0.35'}[18].
  • Lake Natron's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[19].

Body

Geography

Lake Natron is in the country of Tanzania[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Natron covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+600'}[16]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+600'}[15]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+65'}[14].

Designation and Status

Lake Natron's instance of is recorded as soda lake[4]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site[11].

Why It Matters

Lake Natron draws 1,193 Wikipedia views per month (soda_lake category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · ~2026-29789-38 · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vertical depth {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P4511]]: 3 metre"
  2. 10d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    Described at url
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/natronove-jazero/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Ja"
  3. 22d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Watershed area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+932'}
    Instance of
    Country
    Inflows Ewaso Ng'iro, Southern Ewaso Ng'iro
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/natronove-jazero/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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