The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana ... of aquatic and terrestrial birds. The island parks are the breeding habitats of the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, the hippopotamus ...

Mathenge weed (Prosopis juliflora) has invaded grazing fields and farms in Turkana County. The weed that is spreading at an alarming rate has extended into Lake Turkana and sections of rivers ...