IChibi i-Natron
Ichibi alishoni kakhulu, lingaphansi kwamamitha amathathu ukujula, futhi liyahlukahluka ngobubanzi kuye ngezinga lalo lamanzi. Ichibi lingamakhilomitha angama-57 ubude namakhilomitha angama-22 ububanzi. Le ndawo ithola izimvula ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka, ikakhulukazi phakathi kukaDisemba noMeyi. Amazinga okushisa echibini avame ukuba ngaphezu kuka-40 °C.
ILake Natron isenyakatho yeTanzania emngceleni neKenya, eduze ne ISerengeti National Park kanye neNgorongoro Conservation Area.
Ichibi liseduze ne-Ol Doinyo Lengai, ebonakala engxenyeni eseningizimu. I-Lake Natron ihlanganisa indawo engama-56 km (35 miles) ubude nama-24 km (15 miles) ububanzi, kodwa izinga lamanzi liyashintsha ngenxa yokuhwamuka. Ichibi elingashoni futhi eline-alkaline linemithombo ehlukene, umfula i-Ewaso Ng'iro kanye neziphethu ezishisayo. Ingaphezulu leChibi, elinosawoti omningi, i-magnesite, kanye ne-sodium carbonate, limbozwe uqweqwe lwesoda emhlophe ngokubomvana.
Indawo ezungeze i- echibi inikeza izindawo ezikhangayo ezahlukene, njengemigodi eminingi ye-volcanic implosion, izimpophoma eziningi, nemihosha enezindawo zokuzalela zamanqe e-Rüppell's Griffon Vultures. Phakathi kwezinto ezikhanga kakhulu eLake Natron iGelai Volcano, intaba-mlilo ephakeme ngamamitha angu-2,942 (9,652 amafidi) engxenyeni eseningizimu-mpumalanga, kanye nesizinda semivubukulo yasePeninj, lapho abavubukuli bathola khona iPeninj Mandible - amazinyo e-Australopithecus boisei.
Eminye imisebenzi ukubhukuda, ukuvakashela i-Maasai Boma, noma uhambo olulula oluya e-Ngorongoro Crater Highlands, enemigodi eminingi.
Le ndawo inezilwane zasendle ezinhle.
Ichibi liyindawo yokuzalanisa izinkulungwane ze-Rift Valley Flamingos. Bakha izidleke zabo besebenzisa amafulethi anesoda phakathi kuka-Agasti no-Okthoba. Ama-flamingo adla ulwelwe lwakuleli chibi i-Spirulina. Ngenxa yokuthi ama-flamingo asebenzisa le ndawo ukuze azale, ichibi nendawo elizungezile kungaphansi kokukhathazeka kwamazwe ngamazwe ngokulondolozwa. Ezinye izilwane ezihlala kule ndawo idube, intshe, i-oryx enamadlebe anezinsephe, inzinse, i-gerenuk, i-lesser kudu, ne-golden jackal.
