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    The Turkwel River (sometimes spelled Turkwell River) is a river flowing from Mount Elgon on the border of Kenya and Uganda to Lake Turkana. The river is...
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  • and Bukusu. They are or were found in scattered pockets between the Turkwel River, Chemorongit Mountains and Mt. Elgon. One report indicates that they...
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    River Riana River Mogonga River Mara River Suguta River Kerio River Lokichar River (Lomenyangaparat) Turkwel River Suam River Omo River Turkwel River...
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  • The Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station, also Turkwel Dam, is an arch dam on the Turkwel River about 76 km (47 mi) north of Lorokon in West Pokot County...
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  • Oropom people in northeastern Uganda and northwestern Kenya between the Turkwel River, the Chemorongit Mountains, and Mount Elgon. There is only one article...
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    rely on several rivers, such as the Turkwel River and Kerio River. When these rivers flood, new sediment, and water extend onto the river plain that is...
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    just south of the delta formed by the Turkwel and Lokichar rivers. The Kerio and Turkwel contribute 98% of the river water flowing into Lake Turkana on Kenyan...
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    Lake Edward and Lake George Ishasha River Turkwel River (Kenya) Suam River For a list of more than 3,000 rivers of Uganda, see sw:Orodha ya mito ya Uganda...
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    systems east and west of the Lodwar municipality, on either side of the Turkwel River. Almost 1.3 billion cubic meters can be stored here with about 10% that...
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    Lake Turkana (category Omo River (Ethiopia))
    slowly than the land. Sudden, violent storms are frequent. Three rivers (the Omo, Turkwel and Kerio) flow into the lake, but lacking outflow, its only water...
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    Turkana where increased discharge by the Turkwel River led to the formation of a large river delta. The Omo River remained its principal inflow but the relative...
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    Scleroptila levaillantii Elgon francolin, Scleroptila elgonensis Orange River francolin, Scleroptila guttturalis Shelley's francolin, Scleroptila shelleyi...
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    to the east and to the north, the ancient deltas of the Kerio River and Turkwel River would have been forested and more dangerous, while further to the...
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    village on the western shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya, near the mouth of Turkwel River. It is located 50 kilometres east of Lodwar and 40 kilometres south...
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    to Kenya, The male holotype was identified near Mount Elgon and the Turkwel River. It is known only from that area of the country. The examples that have...
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  • Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4446-0515-0. Turpin, C., The occupation of the Turkwel river area by the Karamojong tribe, The Uganda Journal, 1916 online Hollis...
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    Patterson launched a number of expeditions to fossil sites around the Turkwel River, Kerio River, Kanapoi and then Lothagam. These expeditions were followed by...
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  • and some took to the Suk hills. We thereupon took possession of the Turkwel river between Elgon and the Suk hills... — As narrated to C.A Turpin, 1916...
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    water catchment for the Nzoia River, which flows to Lake Victoria, and for the Turkwel River (known as the Suam River in Uganda), which flows into Lake...
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  • Apeget and Lopoy both approximately 100 km north of Lokori, above the Turkwel River. Today Lokori is settled by the traditionally nomadic and pastoralist...
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    ancestors moved further south, probably along the Turkwel river. The Turkwel's principal source is the Suam river. Luhyas, a people who needed a constant source...
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    from the western edge of the Napadet Hills. The basin is south of the Turkwel river and east of Lodwar. Aiyangiyang experiences high wind speeds and contains...
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  • who were the other primary branch, remained on the west bank of the Turkwel river under a leader named Iling'anyang. The Nithir under a leader named Luguyin...
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    two intermittent rivers – which almost alone contribute the remaining 2% of water inflow – are the Turkwel River and the Kerio River in Kenya, in the...
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    forest reserves form the upper catchments of the Kerio and Nzoia and Turkwel rivers. The three western blocks, Kapkanyar, Kapolet and Kiptaberr, are larger...
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    was illegal at the time. Between 1986 and 1991 the construction of the Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station was riddled with claims of corruption. The...
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    several rivers such as the Suam River, which becomes the Turkwel downstream and drains into Lake Turkana, and the Nzoia River and the Lwakhakha River, which...
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  • Sosiani Hydro Power Plant – 0.4 MW Tana Hydroelectric Power Station – 20 MW Turkwel Hydro Power Plant – 106 MW Wanjii Hydroelectric Power Station – 7.4 MW...
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    Tobiko, Keriako (2021). "Rising Water Levels in Kenya's Rift Valley Lakes, Turkwel Gorge Dam and Lake Victoria" (PDF). Kenya Government and UNDP. Archived...
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    Tobiko, Keriako (2021). "Rising Water Levels in Kenya's Rift Valley Lakes, Turkwel Gorge Dam and Lake Victoria" (PDF). Kenya Government and UNDP. Archived...
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