Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Lake Turkana National Parks

Location

Turkana

Country

Kenya

Year of Research

1997

Culture

It is the salt water lake of Africa.It is also largest lake in Africa. It is used as an outstanding laboratory for the study of flora and fauna 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.
The Committee inscribed this property on the basis of natural criteria (viii) and (x) for the discoveries of mammal fossil remains in the site which led to the scientific reconstruction of the palaeo-environment of the entire Turkana Lake basin of the Quarternary Period.
It offers an exceptional laboratory for studies of plant and animal communities.