Lake Magadi (Ngorongoro)

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Lake Magadi, also spelled Lake Magad, is a shallow soda lake in the southwest of the Ngorogoro crater in northeastern Tanzania, is often inhabited by thousands of mainly lesser flamingoes. [1] The lake's name comes from the word for salty in the Maasai language. It is 1730 metres above sea level. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ↑ "Lake Magadi crater lake, Arusha, Tanzania". tz.geoview.info. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. ↑ polly (2019-07-29). "Crater Lake in Ngorongoro Lake Magadi - ngorongoro crater". Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania. Retrieved 2025-07-04.

3°11′21″S35°32′16″E / 3.18917°S 35.53778°E / -3.18917; 35.53778


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