The Malewa River rises in the western slopes of the Aberdare Range in Kenya and flows south and west into Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley.
Lake Naivasha is an important source of water in a semi-arid environment, and supports export-oriented horticulture and floriculture businesses as well as tourism. Malewa River water quality has deteriorated because of more human activities in the upper catchment. Long-term effects of this on the percentage of rainfall getting into Lake Naivasha are not clear. Possibly in low-rainfall years the percentage will drop because of water abstraction, while in high-rainfall years the percentage will go up because of cultivated soils having a lower water-holding capacity and the introduction of more 100% runoff surfaces like tarmac roads and iron sheets, etc.
The MalewaRiver rises in the western slopes of the Aberdare Range in Kenya and flows south and west into Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley. Lake...
River (Ngusero River) Molo River Perkerra River Njoro River Gilgil RiverMalewaRiver Turasha River (Kija river) Southern Ewaso Ng'iro Seyabei River Jubba...
The Turasha River is a major tributary of the MalewaRiver, which feeds Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. The Turasha rises to the east...
Indian Ocean, the Ewaso Nyiro that drains into the Lorian Swamp and the RiverMalewa that drains into Lake Naivasha. The Aberdares also have several tributaries...
with one of the BaPedi Chiefs of the Marota Empire named Malewa. This alliance with Chief Malewa would ensure the Ndzundza's northernmost border would be...
Union and the Born Free Foundation. The conservancy, bounded by the MalewaRiver to the east, is now enclosed by an electric fence on the three other...
cloaked with Papyrus, other sedges and Typha. The Gilgil and the much larger Malewa are the main sources of water for Lake Naivasha. Both carry large amounts...
Initiative, and the World Resources Institute to restore and improve the Malewa Watershed in Nyandarua County. The organizations planted 50,000 tree seedlings...
Apart from transient streams, the lake is fed by the perennial Malewa and Gilgil rivers. There is no visible outlet, but since the lake water is relatively...
north than the south. Streams that feed the Malewa and Karati rivers have cut into the plateau. These rivers in turn flow into Lake Naivasha. Soils include...
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