ILake Natron
ILake alinzulu kangako, lingaphantsi kweemitha ezintathu ubunzulu, kwaye liyahluka ngobubanzi ngokuxhomekeke kwinqanaba lamanzi. Eli chibi liziikhilomitha ezingama-57 ubude neekhilomitha ezingama-22 ububanzi. Le ndawo ifumana iimvula ezingaqhelekanga ngamaxesha onyaka, ikakhulu phakathi kukaDisemba noMeyi. Amaqondo obushushu echibini adla ngokuba ngaphezu kwama-40 °C.
ILake Natron ikumantla eTanzania kumda weKenya, kufutshane ne Ipaki yeSizwe yeSerengeti kunye noMmandla woLondolozo lweNgorongoro.
Ichibi likufuphi ne-Ol Doinyo Lengai, ebonakala kwindawo esemazantsi. ILake Natron ithatha indawo eyi-56 km (35 miles) ubude kunye nama-24 km (15 miles) ububanzi, kodwa inqanaba lamanzi liyatshintsha ngenxa yokumka kwamanzi. Ichibi elingekho nzulu kunye ne-alkaline linemithombo eyahlukeneyo, uMlambo i-Ewaso Ng'iro kunye nemithombo eshushu. Umphezulu weChibi, onetyuwa eninzi, i-magnesite, kunye nesodium carbonate concentrations, igqunywe ngoqweqwe lwesoda emhlophe epinki.
Indawo ejikeleze i echibi inika umtsalane ohlukeneyo, njengemingxuma emininzi yentaba-mlilo, iingxangxasi ezininzi, kunye nemiwonyo eneendawo zokuhlala zeeNgcungcu zaseRüppell's Griffon Vultures. Phakathi kwezona ndawo zibalaseleyo ezinomtsalane kwiLake Natron yiGelai Volcano, intaba-mlilo eyi-2,942 m (9,652 iinyawo) kwindawo ekumzantsi-mpuma, kunye nendawo ye-archaeological yasePeninj, apho abembi bezinto zakudala bafumanisa iPeninj Mandible - amazinyo e-Australopithecus boisei.
Eminye imisetyenzana kukuqubha, ukutyelela iMaasai Boma, okanye uhambo olulula oluya kwiNgorongoro Crater Highlands, enemingxuma emininzi.
Le ndawo inezilwanyana zasendle ezintle.
Ichibi yindawo yokuzalela amawakawaka eRift Valley Flamingos. Bakha iindlwane zabo besebenzisa iiflethi ezinesoda phakathi kuka-Agasti no-Oktobha. Iiflamingo zitya ubulembu obubizwa ngokuba yiSpirulina algae. Ngenxa yokuba iiflamingo zisebenzisa le ndawo ukuze zizale, ichibi kunye neendawo ezilingqongileyo ziphantsi kwenkxalabo yamazwe ngamazwe yokulondolozwa. Ezinye izilwanyana ezihlala kulo mmandla liqwarhashe, inciniba, i-orix enendlebe enomphetho, ibhadi, igerenuk, ikudu encinane, nodyakalashe wegolide.
