🌊 Lake Naivasha

Kenya · Africa · 1,884 m · 0.77°S, 36.35°E

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, north west of Nairobi in the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name ɛnaɨpɔ́sha , meaning "that which heaves," a common Maasai word for bodies of water large enough to have wave action when it is windy or stormy. Naivasha arose from a British attempt to pronounce the Maasai name. Literally, Lake Naivasha means "Lake Lake."

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Quick facts

Country	Kenya
Continent / region	Africa
Surface elevation	1,884 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	0.77°S, 36.35°E · view on map

Lake Naivasha sits at 1,884 m in Kenya, in Africa. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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