Ewaso Ng'iro

Ewaso Ng'iro, also called Ewaso Nyiro North, is a river in Kenya which rises from Mount Kenya, flows eastwards and ends in the Lorian Swamp. Rough Guide Map Kenya (Map) (9 ed). 1:900,000. Rough Guide Map. Cartography by World Mapping Project. Rough Guide. 2006. ISBN 1-84353-359-6.</ref> The river's name is derived from the local community's Maasai language, and means river of brown or muddy water. Downstream, the intermittent stream in Somalia is also called Lagh Dera. The upper basin of the Ewaso Ng'iro River is 15,200 km2 (5, 900 sq mi). The river has a continuous water supply due to the glaciers on Mount Kenya. Ewaso Ng'iro feeds into Lake Ol Bolossat, the only lake in Nyandarua County and the larger Central Kenya, and crosses seven arid to semi-arid landscapes. It is characterized by vastly different physiographic features and species and has become a fundamental component to the survival of the wildlife, as well as the expansion of the human population and socio-economic developments. Water, the limited land resource provided by the Ewaso Ng’iro watershed, is unevenly distributed throughout the higher and lower regions of the catchment due to the large percentage necessary to maintain agricultural practices and climatic changes. The river draws wildlife in great numbers to its banks, creating an oasis of green. Samburu, Shaba and Buffalo Springs National Reserves in Nort

Flows through: Kenya.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.