Nyanja Natron
Nyanjayi ndi yozama, yochepera mamita atatu, ndipo imasiyana m'lifupi malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa madzi ake. Nyanjayi ndi yaitali makilomita 57 m’litali ndi makilomita 22 m’lifupi. Derali limalandira mvula yosasinthasintha, makamaka pakati pa Disembala ndi Meyi. Kutentha kwa nyanjayi nthawi zambiri kumapitilira 40 ° C.
Nyanja ya Natron ili kumpoto kwa Tanzania kumalire ndi Kenya, kufupi ndi Malo osungirako zachilengedwe a Serengeti ndi Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Nyanjayi ili pafupi ndi Ol Doinyo Lengai, yomwe ikuwoneka kumwera. Nyanja ya Natron ili ndi dera la 56 km (35 miles) utali ndi 24 km (15 miles) m'lifupi, koma mlingo wa madzi umasintha chifukwa cha nthunzi. Nyanja yozama komanso yamchere ili ndi akasupe osiyanasiyana, mtsinje wa Ewaso Ng'iro ndi akasupe otentha. Pamwamba pa Nyanjayi, yomwe ili ndi mchere wambiri, maginito, ndi sodium carbonate wambiri, imakhala ndi soda yoyera yoyera.
Dera lozungulira nyanja imapereka zokopa zosiyanasiyana, monga ma cranvolcanic implosion, mathithi ambiri, ndi mitsinje yokhala ndi zisa za Rüppell's Griffon Vultures. Zina mwa zochititsa chidwi kwambiri za Nyanja ya Natron ndi Gelai Volcano, phiri lalitali la mamita 2,942 (9,652 mapazi) kum'mwera chakum'mawa, ndi malo ofukula mabwinja a Peninj, kumene akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale anapeza Peninj Mandible - mano opangidwa ndi mafupa a Australopithecus boisei.
Zochitika zina ndi kusambira, kupita ku Maasai Boma, kapena ulendo wosavuta kupita ku mapiri a Ngorongoro Crater Highlands, omwe ali ndi zigwa zambiri.
Derali lili ndi nyama zakuthengo zokongola.
Nyanja ndi malo oberekerako ma Flamingo zikwizikwi a Rift Valley. Amamanga zisa zawo pogwiritsa ntchito nyumba za soda pakati pa Ogasiti ndi Okutobala. Flamingo amadya ndere za m’nyanjayi yotchedwa Spirulina. Chifukwa chakuti flamingo amagwiritsa ntchito malowa kuswana, nyanjayi ndi malo ozungulira ili pansi pa chisamaliro cha Mayiko kuti atetezedwe. Nyama zina zomwe zimakhala m’derali ndi mbidzi, nthiwatiwa, oryx, nswala, gerenuk, kududu, ndi nkhandwe yagolide.
