The lake is also the breeding area for millions of the red flamingos, these flamingos feed on the spirulina algae. The area is attractive due to the large number of the volcanic implosion craters, numerous waterfalls and ravines with nesting places. The water comes from the hot spring and river but the lake does not have drains out to sea or any other river such that the only way the lake water is through evaporation due to the shallow nature of the lake. Its surface is cover with the pinkish-white soda crust that looks beautiful for the photo taking activity.

The lake covers the total area of 56 kilometers longs and 24 kilometers wide and the water level differs due the evaporation process hence the level of water is normally low during the dry season since there is high rate of evaporation, the evaporation process is normally high on the month of June to October which are the dry seasons in Tanzania. At some point the alkaline level of this lake can rise up to 12 pH. High evaporation happens here that leaves the high level of sodium carbonate decahydrate and trona sodium sesquicarbonate dehydrate. The lake Natron is the home of over millions of the red flamingos mostly during the dry season they flock on the shores of this Lake.

The lake Natron famously known as the red lake as it can turns animals into the stone is located on the northern part of Tanzania on the border of Kenya near the great East Africa rift is the soda lake that is located on the base of the Ol Donyo Lengai volcanic It is famously named this way because of its alkaline nature with the PH of 10.5, the lake is very rich with soda and salt minerals hence can burn the animals that are not acquainted with water.

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