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In the past the Yala River flowed through the eastern 20% of the Yala Swamp into Lake
Kanyaboli, then into the main swamp, and then through a small gulf into Lake Victoria. Today the eastern part of the swamp has been drained, and the river flows directly into the 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) main
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covers about 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) along the northern shore of Lake
Victoria. The swamp contains 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) Lake Kanyaboli, a freshwater deltaic wetland with an average depth of 3 metres (9.8 ft), which is fed by the floodwaters of the
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swamp. It is cut off from Lake
Kanyaboli by a silt-clay dyke. Lake Kanyaboli now receives its water from the surrounding catchment area and from back-seepage from the swamp.
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in Kenya and the second largest in Africa,formed after River Yala disconnected from its course at the meander stage, leaving behind a U-shaped lake. The lake is found in
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report, the lake lost more than 50% of its volume, and if urgent action is not taken, then the lives of the communities that rely on it would be adversely affected.
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Kanyaboli is among hundreds of ecosystems which are facing extinction threats in the country. Like its cousin oxbow lake in the Rift Valley,
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listed hundreds of the endemic fish species as
Endangered. Some of these fish are still thriving in Lake Kanyaboli, including several unknown
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Kanyaboli provides a refuge for several species of fish, some of which are no longer present in Lake Victoria. The introduction of the
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85:Coordinates
513:Kesses Dam
493:Elmenteita
483:Chew Bahir
423:2021-03-07
407:2021-03-07
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381:2021-03-07
365:2021-03-06
337:2023-06-07
275:Okuna 2019
199:Nile perch
178:Yala River
174:Yala Swamp
154:oxbow lake
127:Yala River
98:34°09′36″E
74:Yala Swamp
508:Kanyaboli
95:0°03′32″N
563:Category
548:Victoria
528:Naivasha
503:Kamnarok
168:Location
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348:Sources
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518:Logipi
332:Nation
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263:Notes
183:Nzoia
138:Basin
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