Tafkin Natron
Tafkin ba shi da zurfi, zurfin da bai wuce mita uku ba, kuma ya bambanta da fadinsa dangane da matakin ruwansa. Tafkin yana da tsawon kilomita 57 da fadin kilomita 22. Yankin yana samun ruwan sama ba bisa ka'ida ba, musamman tsakanin Disamba da Mayu. Yanayin zafi a tafkin yakan wuce 40 ° C.
Tafkin Natron yana arewacin Tanzaniya a kan iyaka da Kenya, kusa da tekun Filin shakatawa na Serengeti da yankin Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Tafkin yana kusa da Ol Doinyo Lengai, wanda ake iya gani a yankin kudu. Tafkin Natron ya mamaye wani yanki mai nisan kilomita 56 (mil 35) mai tsayi da nisan kilomita 24 (mil 15), amma matakin ruwa yana canzawa saboda ƙaura. Tafkin mai zurfi da alkaline yana da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa daban-daban, kogin Ewaso Ng'iro da maɓuɓɓugan zafi. Fuskar tafkin, wanda ke da babban gishiri, magnesite, da sodium carbonate tattara, an rufe shi da ɓawon soda mai ruwan hoda-fari.
Yankin da ke kusa da Lake yana ba da abubuwan jan hankali daban-daban, kamar manyan ramuka masu aman wuta, rafuffukan ruwa da yawa, da kwazazzabai tare da wuraren zama na Rüppell's Griffon Vultures. Daga cikin fitattun abubuwan jan hankali na tafkin Natron akwai Dutsen Gelai, wani dutse mai tsayi mai tsayin mita 2,942 (9,652 ƙafa) a yankin kudu maso gabas, da kuma wurin binciken kayan tarihi na Peninj, inda masu binciken kayan tarihi suka gano Peninj Mandible - burbushin haƙoran Australopithecus boisei.
Wasu ayyukan yin iyo ne, ziyartar Maasai Boma, ko tafiya mai sauƙi zuwa tsaunukan Ngorongoro Crater Highlands, waɗanda ke da ramuka da yawa.
Yankin yana da kyawawan namun daji.
Tafki wuri ne na kiwo ga dubban Rift Valley Flamingos. Suna gina gidajensu ta amfani da gidajen soda tsakanin Agusta da Oktoba. Flamingos suna cin abinci a kan tafkin Spirulina algae. Saboda flamingos suna amfani da wannan yanki don kiwo, tafkin da kewaye suna cikin damuwa na duniya don kiyayewa. Sauran dabbobin da ke zaune a wannan yanki su ne zebra, jimina, oryx, gazelle, gerenuk, kudu ƙarami, da jackal na zinariya.
