Bathymetry of lake Bogoria, Kenya
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2003Author
Hickley, Phil
Boar, Rosalind R
Mavuti, Kenneth M
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This paper presents the first bathymetric map for the approximately 17 km by 2 km
alkaline Lake Bogoria situated in the eastern Rift Valley of Kenya. Longitudinal and
transverse cross sections of the lake are also provided. Northern, central and southern
basins of the lake had maximum depths of 5.9 m, 10.2 m and 8.4 m respectively.
Average depth was 5.68 m and volume was calculated to be 164 x106
m3
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.2982/0012-8317%282003%2992%5B107%3ABOLBK %5D2.0.CO%3B2http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23315
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Journal of East African Natural History, 92(1):107-117. 2003.Publisher
Nature Kenya/East African Natural History Society Department of Zoology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (CEEC), Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Environment Agency, Arthur Drive, Hoo Farm Industrial Estate, Worcester Road