Simba River (from the north), Makayuni River (from the east)
Max. length
40 km (25 mi) max
Max. width
15 km (9.3 mi) max
Surface area
181.5 sq mi (470 km2)[1]
Max. depth
3.7 m (12 ft)
Surface elevation
1,045 m (3,428 ft)
Lake Manyara, the cliff after the sunset.
Lake Manyara is a lake located in Monduli District of Arusha Region, Tanzania and is the seventh-largest lake of Tanzania by surface area, at 470-square-kilometre (180 sq mi).[1] It is a shallow, alkaline lake in the Natron-Manyara-Balangida branch of the East African Rift.[2] The northwest quadrant of the lake (about 200 sq, km.) [3] is included within Lake Manyara National Park and it is part of the Lake Manyara Biosphere Reserve, established in 1981 by UNESCO as part of its Man and the Biosphere Programme.[4]
There are differing explanations for how Lake Manyara got its name. The name Manyara may come from the Maasai word "emanyara", which is the spiky, protective enclosure around a family homestead (boma). Possibly the 600 m high rift escarpment hems in the lake, like the enclosure around a Maasai boma.[5] Another theory is that the Mbugwe tribe, who live in the Lake Manyara area, may have given the lake its name based on the Mbugwe word manyero, meaning a trough or place where animals drink water.[6]
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^"Lake Manyara National Park — - Tanzania Tourism". Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
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LakeManyara Airport (IATA: LKY, ICAO: HTLM) is an airport serving the LakeManyara National Park in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. Tanzania portal Aviation...
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of LakeManyara National Park. Remains of 600-year-old stone structures are found at Engaruka, just off the dirt road between Mto wa Mbu and Lake Natron...
and Manyara Region. These four regions are home to Mount Kilimanjaro National Park, Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, LakeManyara National...
close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, LakeManyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro...
Airport) Kilimanjaro → Mto wa Mbu Kibaoni (Kavishe Hotel) LakeManyara National Park (LakeManyara Lookout) Episode summary At the start of this leg, teams...
elephants of LakeManyara (PhD thesis). Oxford: University of Oxford. Douglas-Hamilton, I. (1973). "On the ecology and behaviour of the LakeManyara elephants"...
A soda lake or alkaline lake is a lake on the strongly alkaline side of neutrality, typically with a pH value between 9 and 12. They are characterized...
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while others are not recognized by all authorities. LakeManyara National Park, Tanzania LakeManyara National Park, Tanzania C. m. stuhlmanni Kakamega...
of LakeManyara, an extensive freshwater lake, whose usage by humans accelerated in the period 1950 to 1990. The designation of the LakeManyara Biosphere...
major lakes. Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika are part of the two great lakes in that nation, with Lake Victoria being the largest freshwater lake in Africa...
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to Tanganyika Territory, where they hunted in the Serengeti, around LakeManyara, and west and southeast of present-day Tarangire National Park. Their...
"Movements and group structure of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in LakeManyara National Park, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Zoology. 251 (1): 15–21. doi:10...
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the ecology and behaviour of the African elephant: the elephants of LakeManyara (PhD thesis). Oxford: University of Oxford. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.453899...
to enter Rwanda (1892). He was also the first European to visit Lake Eyasi, LakeManyara, and Ngorongoro Crater. On the expedition, he explored the headwaters...
in Kenya, and Lake Natron, LakeManyara, Lake Burungi, Lake Eyasi, Lake Kitangiri, Lake Balangida, Lake Singida, and Lake Sulunga in Tanzania. In the...
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