Tafkin Bogoria na Kasa

Tafkin Bogoria National Reserve yana cikin Babban Rift Valley, Kenya, wanda ya rufe Tafkin Bogoria da ƙasar da ke kewaye da tafkin. Hukumar Kula da Namun Daji ta Kenya ce ke kula da shi. 

 Wuri 
Tafkin yana cikin wani kwano a ƙarƙashin Ngendelel Escarpment, wani katanga mai tsayin  tafkin ya kai  .  Yana aiki a yanayin ƙasa a gabar tekun yamma, tare da geysers da maɓuɓɓugan ruwan zafi.  Masanin ilimin ƙasa JW Gregory ya bayyana tafkin a cikin 1892 a matsayin "mafi kyawun gani a Afirka". 

Wurin ajiyar yana cikin yanki mai ɗan hamada. Babban kogi ɗaya tilo da ke ciyar da tafkin shine Kogin Waseges, wanda ke tashi a gangaren arewa na Aberdare Range . Waseges yana ratsa ta ƙasar noma mai albarka a sama, ta cikin daji da ciyawa da ake amfani da ita don kiwo, sannan ta cikin busasshiyar daji kafin shiga tafkin a ƙarshen arewa.  Tafkin yana kewaye da ciyawa cike da bishiyoyi. Akwai dajin acacia-ficus a kudu, kuma arewa ta haɗu zuwa dausayi mai launin papyrus. 

An buɗe wurin shakatawa a watan Nuwamba na 1970. Kayayyakin yawon buɗe ido sun haɗa da masaukin wurin shakatawa, sansanonin jama'a guda uku da kuma sansani ɗaya da ake gudanarwa a kansa. Baƙi kuma za su iya yin wanka a cikin maɓuɓɓugan ruwan zafi, waɗanda suka zama wurin shakatawa na halitta.  An gabatar da wurin ajiyar a matsayin ɗan takarar Wurin Tarihi na Duniya a 1999. 

 Ilimin Halittu 
Tafkin yana da alkaline, yana ciyar da algae masu launin shuɗi-kore waɗanda ke ciyar da flamingoes . A wasu lokutan adadin flamingoes da ke ci a tafkin na iya kaiwa miliyan biyu.  Raptors kamar gaggafa masu launin tawny suna farautar flamingoes.  Jimilla, an rubuta nau'ikan tsuntsaye 135. Sun haɗa da ƙananan grebe, pratincole, swift, little bee-eater, cape wigeon, yellow-billed stork, African spoonbill, augur buzzard, gabar goshawk, water dikkop, great tit, starling, hornbill da crombec . 

Wurin ajiyar dabbobi yana da tarin manyan dabbobi masu shayarwa da ba a saba gani ba. Sauran manyan dabbobi masu shayarwa sun haɗa da bauna, zebra, cheetah, birai, warthog, caracal, hyena mai launin ruwan kasa, impala da dik-dik . 

Waseges yana ratsa yankunan da ake noman kofi sosai inda ake amfani da takin zamani da magungunan kashe kwari masu guba sosai, wanda ka iya gurbata tafkin. Mutane da yawa suna sha'awar maɓuɓɓugan ruwan zafi da ke gabar tekun yamma, kuma waɗannan suna haifar da gurɓatawa daga sharar gida. Lalacewar ƙasa wata barazana ce ga bambancin halittu. 

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