Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake. By volume it is the world's fourth-largest salt lake after the Caspian Sea, Issyk-Kul, and Lake Van, and among all lakes it ranks 24th.
Location: Northwest Kenya and stick with Southwest Ethiopia
Lake type: Saline, monomictic, alkaline, endorheic
Primary inflows: Omo River, Turkwel River, Kerio River
Primary outflows: Evaporation
Catchment area: 130,860 km² (50,530 sq mi)
Basin countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan
Max. length: 290 km (180 mi)
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