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Lake Naivasha

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Lake Naivasha
Lake Naivasha. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, north west of Nairobi in the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name ɛnaɨpɔ́sha , meaning "that which heaves," a common Maasai word for bodies of water large enough to have wave action when it is windy or stormy. Naivasha arose from a British attempt to pronounce the Maasai name. Literally, Lake Naivasha means "Lake Lake."

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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