Gungwa Natron
Dziva racho harina kudzika, kudzika pasi pemamita matatu, uye rinosiyana muhupamhi zvichienderana nehuwandu hwemvura yaro. Dziva iri rakareba makiromita 57 uye makiromita 22 kufara. Nzvimbo iyi inowana kunaya kwemvura mumwaka usingaenzaniswi, zvikuru pakati paZvita naChivabvu. Tembiricha padhamu iyi kazhinji inodarika 40 °C.
Lake Natron iri kuchamhembe kweTanzania pamuganhu neKenya, padyo ne Serengeti National Park uye Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Dziva iri pedyo neOl Doinyo Lengai, inoonekwa kumaodzanyemba. Lake Natron inofukidza nzvimbo 56 km (35 mamaira) kureba uye 24 km (15 mamaira) yakafara, asi mwero wemvura unoshanduka nekuda kwekupupuma. Dziva risina kudzika uye rine alkaline rine zvitubu zvakasiyana, Rwizi rweEwaso Ng'iro uye zvitubu zvinopisa. Pamusoro peLake, iyo ine munyu wakawanda, magnesite, uye sodium carbonate concentrations, yakafukidzwa nepinkish-white soda crust.
Nzvimbo yakapoteredza lake inopa zvakasiyana-siyana zvinokwezva, senge akawanda volcanic implosion craters, akawanda mapopoma emvura, uye makoronga ane nzvimbo dzekugara dzeRüppell's Griffon Vultures. Pakati pezvinonyanya kukwezva zveLake Natron iGelai Volcano, gomo rinoputika 2,942 m (9,652 tsoka) kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva, uye nzvimbo yekuchera matongo yePeninj, uko vanochera matongo vakawana Peninj Mandible - mazino akaumbwa eAustralopithecus boisei.
Zvimwe zviitiko kushambira, kushanyira Maasai Boma, kana rwendo rwuri nyore kuenda kuNgorongoro Crater Highlands, iyo ine makoronga akawanda.
Nzvimbo iyi ine mhuka dzesango dzakanaka.
Dziva inzvimbo inoberekera zviuru zveRift Valley Flamingo. Vanovaka matendere avo vachishandisa soda flats pakati paNyamavhuvhu naGumiguru. Maflamingo anodya mugungwa rinonzi Spirulina algae. Nekuda kwekuti maflamingo anoshandisa nzvimbo iyi kuberekesa, dhamu nemhoteredzo yaro zviri pasi pekutarisirwa kweInternational kuchengetedza. Dzimwe mhuka dzinogara munzvimbo iyi imbizi, mhou, oryx ine fringed-eared, mhara, gerenuk, lesser kudu, uye golden jackal.
