The most saline of Africa`s large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities. The three National Parks serve as a stopover for migrant waterfowl and are major breeding grounds for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus and a variety of venomous snakes. The Koobi Fora deposits, rich in mammalian, molluscan and other fossil remains, have contributed more to the understanding of paleo-environments than any other site on the continent. Area: 7473,4302 sq. km., volume: 238000 cubic meters, depth avg: 31,799999 m, shore length: 1024,85 m, res time: 2299, elevation: 361 m.