Endorheic basin
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An endorheic basin is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water. Instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swam
The endorheic basin that feeds water into Üüreg Lake, Mongolia
NASA photo of the endorheic Tarim Basin, China
The Okavango Delta (centre) of southern Africa, where the Okavango River spills out into the empty trough of the Kalahari Desert. The area was a lake fed by the river during the Ice Ages (national borders are superimposed).
Aerial view of the endorheic Altiplano basin at the boundary between the cities of El Alto (left) and La Paz (right). Note the topographic contrast between the plateau and the descending valley.
Rift Valley lakes
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The Rift Valley lakes are a series of lakes in the East African Rift valley that runs through eastern Africa from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the south, and includes the African Great Lakes in
Greater and lesser flamingos flock to Lake Nakuru in Kenya
View over Lake Turkana
Some of the Rift Valley lakes. From left to right they are Lake Upemba, Lake Mweru, Lake Tanganyika (largest), and Lake Rukwa. This image spans the SE corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, NE Zambia, and southern Tanzania.