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KenyaLake Turkana fishermen near Central Island. © Alison M. Jones for www.nowater-nolife.org Related content:
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Fishermen in Lake Turkana: Filling the dam’s reservoir will drain Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake. Related content:
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Lake Turkana Under Threat
Lake Turkana is a miraculous anomaly of life-giving water in a parched and unforgiving land. Formed millions of years ago in the tectonic upheavals that created East Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Turkana is the largest permanent desert lake in the world. The lake is home to the world's largest population of Nile crocodiles, hippos, and hundreds of bird and fish species. Its shores have revealed the oldest-known fossil remains of Homo habilis. Today, more than a quarter million indigenous peoples from at least ten tribes have become masters of wresting sustenance from the harsh landscape. Without the lake, life here would be virtually impossible.  Lake Turkana (Ikal Angelei) But Lake Turkana and its inhabitants now face an environmental catastrophe – and an avoidable one. The lake could start drying up when Ethiopia completes its massive Gibe 3 Dam upstream on Lake Turkana's main water source, the Omo River. Ironically, Kenya plans to be a major purchaser of Gibe 3's power. Related content:
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