Tafkin Nakuru

**Tafkin Nakuru** yana ɗaya daga cikin tabkuna na Rift Valley, wanda ke da tsawo na kilomitar    sama da matakin teku. Yana kwance a kudancin Nakuru, a cikin kwarin rift na kasar Kenya kuma Lake Nakuru National Park ne ke kare shi.

Yawancin algae na tafkin ya yi amfani da shi don jawo hankalin flamingos da yawa waɗanda suka shahara a bakin tekun. Sauran tsuntsaye ma suna bunƙasa a yankin, kamar yadda warthogs, baboons da sauran manyan dabbobi masu shayarwa suke yi. An kuma gabatar da Rhinos baƙar fata na Gabas da fararen rhinos na kudanci.

Kimanin shekaru 10,000 da suka gabata, Tafkin Nakuru, tare da makwabta Lake Elementaita da Tafkin Naivasha (kilomita 60 a kudu), sun kafa tafkin ruwa mai zurfi guda ɗaya wanda daga ƙarshe ya bushe, ya bar tabkuna uku a matsayin ragowar.&nbsp;

Matsayin ruwa a Tafkin Nakuru tun daga lokacin ya bambanta sosai, tare da tafkin kusan bushewa sau da yawa a cikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata.Sabon raguwa mai mahimmanci ya faru a farkon shekarun 1990. A cikin 2013, matakan sun sake ƙaruwa da sauri, wanda ya haifar da ƙaurawar flamingos da yawa zuwa Tafkin Bogoria don neman abinci. Tsakanin 2010 da 2020 Tafkin Nakuru ya karu a saman daga  kilomita 40 zuwa 68 (15 zuwa 26 sq .  Gidaje 677, sassan garin Nakuru da wasu wuraren shakatawa na kasa sun cika da ambaliyar ruwa.

Nakuru yana nufin "Dust ko Dusty Place" a cikin Harshen Maasai. An kafa wurin shakatawa na Lake Nakuru, kusa da garin Nakuru, a 1961. Ya fara ne karami, kawai ya kunshi sanannen tafkin da kewayen tsaunuka, amma tun daga lokacin an faɗaɗa shi don haɗawa da babban ɓangare na savannahs.

An kare Tafkin Nakuru a karkashin Yarjejeniyar Ramsar a kan wuraren da ke da ruwa.

## Gidan shakatawa na Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru National Park (188 km2, 73 mi2), an kirkireshi ne a 1961 a kusa da Lake Nakuru, kusa da garin Nakuru. &nbsp;&nbsp;An fi saninsa da dubban, wani lokacin miliyoyin flamingos  da ke zaune a bakin tekun. Yankin tafkin mai zurfi sau da yawa ba a iya gane shi ba saboda ci gaba da canzawa na ruwan hoda. Yawan flamingos a kan tafkin ya bambanta da yanayin ruwa da abinci  kuma mafi kyawun matsayi shine daga Baboon Cliff. Har ila yau, abin sha'awa shine yanki na kilomita  (117  a kusa da tafkin da aka kewaye shi a matsayin wuri mai tsarki don kare giraffes da kuma baki da fari.

Kwanan nan an faɗaɗa wurin shakatawa a wani bangare don samar da wuri mai tsarki ga rhinos baƙi. Wannan ƙoƙari ya buƙaci shinge - don hana masu farauta maimakon ƙuntata motsi na namun daji. Gidan shakatawa ya kai kilomita  (7.5  a kan iyakar kudu maso gabas tare da kiyayewar Soysambu, wanda ke wakiltar yiwuwar fadada mazaunin rhinos a nan gaba da kuma hanyar da ta rage zuwa Tafkin Naivasha.

Gidan shakatawa yanzu (2009) yana da fiye da 25 gabas baƙar fata rhinoceros, daya daga cikin mafi girma a cikin kasar, tare da kusan 70 kudancin fararen rhinoceres. Har ila yau, akwai wasu Giraffe na Rothschild, an sake komawa don aminci daga yammacin Kenya tun daga shekarar 1977. Waterbuck sun zama ruwan dare gama gari kuma ana samun nau'Dan Kenya a nan. Daga cikin masu cin nama akwai zakuna, cheetahs da leopards, ana ganin ƙarshen sau da yawa a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan. Har ila yau, wurin shakatawa yana da manyan pythons waɗanda ke zaune a cikin gandun daji masu yawa, kuma ana iya ganin su sau da yawa suna ƙetare hanyoyi ko rataye daga bishiyoyi.

Kazalika da flamingos, akwai wasu nau'ikan tsuntsaye da yawa da ke zaune a tafkin da yankin da ke kewaye da shi, kamar gaggafa ta kifi ta Afirka, Goliath heron, hamerkop, pied kingfisher da Verreaux's eagle da sauransu na irin su. 

## Gida da namun daji

Tafkin Nakuru, karamin (yana bambanta daga  kilomita 5 zuwa 45 [1.9 zuwa 17.4 sq mi]) Tafkin alkaline mai zurfi a gefen kudancin garin Nakuru yana da kusan kilomita 164 (102  a arewacin Nairobi. Saboda haka ana iya ziyarta a cikin yawon shakatawa na rana daga babban birnin ko kuma mai yiwuwa a matsayin wani ɓangare na da'irar da ta haɗa da Masai Mara (Har ila yau Maasai Mara) ko Tafkin Baringo da gabas har zuwa Samburu. Tafkin ya shahara a duniya a matsayin wurin daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka faru a duniya - dubban fuchsia pink flamingos, wanda sau da yawa akwai fiye da miliyan ɗaya, ko ma miliyan biyu. Suna cin abinci mai yawa, wanda ke bunƙasa a cikin ruwa mai dumi. Masana kimiyya sun yi la'akari da cewa yawan flamingo a Nakuru yana cinye kusan  kg (550,000  na algae a kowace hekta na yankin ƙasa a kowace shekara.

Akwai nau'ikan nau'ikan flamingo guda biyu: ƙaramin flamingo (ƙanƙanta da haske) da kuma mafi girma flamingo (mai tsayi da duhu). Ƙananan flamingos galibi ana nuna su a cikin shirye-shiryen musamman saboda yawan su. Yawan flamingos yana raguwa kwanan nan, watakila saboda yawan yawon bude ido ko ta hanyar gurɓataccen masana'antu da aka zubar a cikin maɓuɓɓugar ruwa a yankin da ke kewaye - canje-canje a cikin ingancin ruwa ya sa tafkin ya zama mara kyau ga flamingoes na ɗan lokaci. Yawancin lokaci, tafkin yana raguwa a lokacin fari da ambaliyar ruwa a lokacin rigar.

A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, an sami bambance-bambance masu yawa tsakanin yanayin ruwa da na ruwa. Ana zargin cewa wannan ya haifar da karuwar sauyawar ƙasa zuwa samar da amfanin gona mai zurfi da birni, dukansu suna rage ikon ƙasa don shan ruwa, sake caji ruwan ƙasa kuma ta haka ne ƙara ambaliyar yanayi. Rashin gurɓata da fari sun lalata abincin flamingos, Cyanobacteria, ko algae mai launin shudi, wanda ya sa su yi ƙaura zuwa tabkuna da ke kusa, kwanan nan tabkuna Elementaita, Simbi Nyaima da Bogoria. Hakanan an yi la'akari da sauye-sauyen yanayi na cikin gida don ba da gudummawa ga sauye-shiryen yanayin muhalli a cikin tafkunan. Rahotanni na kafofin watsa labarai na baya-bayan nan sun nuna karuwar damuwa tsakanin masu ruwa da tsaki, kamar yadda ƙaurawar flamingo da mutuwar na iya haifar da lalacewa ga masana'antar yawon bude ido.

flamingos suna cin abinci a kan algae, wanda aka kirkira daga datti a cikin ruwan alkaline mai dumi, da plankton. Amma flamingo ba shine kawai jan hankalin tsuntsaye ba; Har ila yau akwai manyan kifi guda biyu da ke cin tsuntsaye, pelicans da cormorants. Duk da ruwan zafi da alkaline, ƙaramin kifi, *Alcolapia grahami* ya bunƙasa bayan an gabatar da shi a farkon shekarun 1960. Tafkin yana da wadataccen rayuwar tsuntsaye. Akwai fiye da nau'ikan mazauna 400 a tafkin da kuma wurin shakatawa da ke kewaye da shi. Dubban ƙananan grebes da fararen fuka-fuki baƙar fata suna ganin sau da yawa kamar stilts, avocets, Ducks, kuma a cikin hunturu na Turai waders masu ƙaura.

Zooplankton: Nau'in monogonont Rotifer *Brachionus sp.* Austria (wanda yake cikin nau'in nau'in *Brachionus plicatilis*) yana faruwa a cikin tafkin.

## Dubi kuma

* Tafkunan Rift Valley
* Babban kwarin Rift
* Koguna na Kenya

## Gidaje da gidaje
* (an lissafa su a cikin haruffa) *

* http://www.flamingohillcamp.com/ 
* http://www.sopalodges.com/lake-nakuru-sopa-lodge/overview
* sansanin Lakira
* http://mailisaba.ujimafoundation.org/ 
* https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/
* Gidan alfarwa na Cliff Nakuru 

## manazarta


## Haɗin waje

* National Geographic - "Mysterious Kenya Flamingo Die-Offs An ɗaure shi da Toxins, Nazarin ya ce" (Nuwamba 2002)