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A 1991 report stated that the water that flows into Lake Sare has been filtered by the swamp and holds few nutrients and little suspended matter. The water has conductivity of 120–130μS/cm and pH of 7.6, with 7–9 mg of oxygen per liter in daytime. The bottom zone was mulched with papyrus detritus,
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where it left the Yala Swamp. The gulf has been cut off from the lake by a culvert, which created the 500 hectares (1,200 acres) Lake Sare through back-flooding. The river water enters Lake
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and pollution. It recommended an inclusive management plan for the entire Yala swamp complex to prevent further degradation of the ecosystem. A 2014 report noted significant degradation of the lake's ecology in the past 24 years. Noxious
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had invaded the lake initiating a slow change that could cause it to eventually dry up. As of 2019 BirdLife
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swamps, which merge into the Yala Swamp. The lake does not support commercial fishery due to lack of management, although that could change. With its direct link to Lake
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613:Elmenteita
603:Chew Bahir
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269:Nile perch
199:Alma emini
154:Yala River
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115:Yala River
86:34°03′32″E
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134:Lake Sare
83:0°02′31″S
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22:Lake Sare
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648:Naivasha
623:Kamnarok
186:nymphs,
148:Location
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593:Baringo
432:Sources
173:Ecology
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304:Notes
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658:Sare
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