Ewaso Ng'iro

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river_name = Ewaso Ng'iro


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Ewaso Ng'iro is a river in Kenya which rises on the west side of Mount Kenya and flows north then east and finally south-east. [cite map
publisher = Rough Guide
title = Rough Guide Map Kenya
edition =9
year = 2006
cartography =World Mapping Project
scale =1:900,000
series = Rough Guide Map
isbn = 1-84353-359-6] (The name is used for at least one other smaller river rising in the Mau Escarpment to the south-west and flowing south to Lake Natron in Tanzania). [ [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6994&m=0 "BirdLife IBA Factsheet": "Lake Natron and Engaruka basin".] ]

The upper basin of the Ewaso Ng'iro River is 15,200 square kilometre (5,800 square miles). [cite web |url=http://www.netwas.org/newsletter/articles/2005/09/5 |title= The Upper Ewaso Ng’iro Basin, Kenya |accessdate=2007-06-21 |last=Makali |first=Samuel |authorlink= |coauthors=Boniface Kiteme,|year=2005 |month=September|publisher=Network for Water and Sanitation] The river has a continuous water supply due to the glaciers on Mount Kenya. It is used for canoeing and has up to grade V rapids. [cite web |url=http://www.kilimanjaro.com/safaris/savage/ewaso.htm |title=The Ewaso-Ng'iro River |accessdate=2007-06-21 |date=pre November 1996 |publisher=Kilimanjaro Adventure Travel |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060303023421/http://www.kilimanjaro.com/safaris/savage/ewaso.htm |archivedate=2006-03-03 |quote= ]

It is also called by some the "Ewaso Nyiro."

The river's name is derived from the local community's language. It means the river of brown or muddy water.

In the arid North of Kenya, water means life. The waters of this great river draw wildlife in great numbers to its banks, creating an oasis of green.

Samburu, Shaba and Buffalo Springs National Reserves in Northern Kenya teem with wildlife in an otherwise arid land, because of the water of the river.

ee also

*Ogiek language
*Thomson's Falls
*Geography of Kenya

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