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Today marks World Rivers day and to celebrate this, here& #39;s a thread on some of Kenya& #39;s main rivers.
First off, a hydrological map of all the major rivers in the country.
First off, a hydrological map of all the major rivers in the country.
River Nyando forming Ox-bow lakes as it approaches Lake Victoria.
Contrast of Ewaso Nyiro river near Lorian swamp during the dry and rainy season.
Maragua river in Muranga county.
Athi river near 14 falls after all the main rivers in Nairobi have joined up. Mt. Kilimambogo/Ol Donyo Sabuk is in the background.
The mighty Tana river after Masinga dam in Embu county.
Fourteen falls along Athi river during the rainy season.
Mara river upstream near Bomet. The river sustains the Mara/Serengeti ecosystem.
Sagana river, the main tributary of River Tana before joining Masinga dam.
Ewaso Nyiro river near Merti, Isiolo.
Confluence of Tsavo river and Athi river at the tail end of Yatta plateau.
Kerio river as it approaches Lake Turkana.
River Turkwel near Lodwar town snaking its way to Lake Turkana.
Athi river at Sabaki bridge near Malindi, about a kilometre away from draining it& #39;s waters into the Indian Ocean.
The voluminous Athi river that drains into Indian Ocean (above) starts as a small trickle at Athi spring, Kerarapon within the vicinity of Nairobi.
Ewaso Nyiro river thundering down Gotu falls in Isiolo county.
Ewaso Nyiro South River near Nguruman during the dry season.
All the rivers that flow from the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya and Ethiopia.
The rivers sustain the lives of pastoralist communities and their economy across the entire East and Horn of Africa.
The rivers sustain the lives of pastoralist communities and their economy across the entire East and Horn of Africa.
And finally, the longest river in the world, the mighty River Nile at Jinja bridge in Uganda.
