East African Great Rift Valley 东非大裂谷——a strange place

For it has a unique geographical conditions, east african great rift valley becomes a paradis

e for animals and plants, and it's also a very importance natural reserve area

Contents

wattle金合欢树、 Kilimanjaro 乞力马扎罗山

warthog 疣猪、 Black Rhinoceros黑犀牛

Lake Natron纳特龙湖、Lake Turkana图尔卡纳湖OMO Tribe OMO部落、 Back to the Great Rift Valley

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Wattle 金合欢树This tree just likes a yellow cloudfrom a distance, near you cansee little golden flower ball.

Qn the savanna, wattles are absolutely necessary, which have very close ties with many kinds of animals.

Kilimanjaro 乞力马扎罗山

African is very hot all the year.Only in the mountian, can you feel the changes of the temperture.For this reason, it diversifies the plants and animals, which is different with other places in african.

Kilimanjaro 乞力马扎罗山

African the highest mountian

It has been called the "roof of Africa"

Many geographers likes to call it as "the king of Africa"

Because it looks fierce, it's called the one of the most ugly animals in the world.

warthog 疣猪（一种非洲野猪）

It's the prototype of Pumbaa of The Lion King （狮子王）

They run very interesting. Their tails like antennasand keep straight.

Black Rhinoceros 黑犀牛

Numbers in the world ： nearly 65000 of the 70‘s so far about 2500

Numbers in Great Rift Valley: more than 20000 of the 70's so far about 500

Poaching is a major cause of the black rhino population fell sharply.The poor is the people kill them just for their horns.

let me ask you a question :

Do you know how to identify Black Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros?

Difference between the two rhino:

The black rhino is much smaller than the white rhinoceros.

Lake Natron 纳特龙湖

Lake Natron is one of the largest soda lakes in the Rift valley. It's isolated and undisturbed.About 4 million flamingos live there.

The flamingo dance with volcano

The flamingo is the world's rare birdsDue to the global wetland area is shrinking fast, flamingo's survival is at stake.

Lake Turkana 图尔卡纳湖

Lake turkana is the largest inland lake in the rift valley and Kenya.It is formed in the tens of millions of years ago, a salt water lake, not only, also well known for its "the cradle of mankind".( 人类的摇篮 )

OMO Tribe OMO 部落

埃塞俄比亚奥莫山谷（ Omo Valley ）——“被诅咒”的部落儿童

埃塞俄比亚奥莫山谷（ Omo Valley ）是世界上最独特的地区之一，部落众多，部落人口超过 20 万。该山谷坐落于埃塞俄比亚境内的东非大裂谷附近，有奥莫国家公园和马戈（ Mago ）国家公园两个主要国家公园，以其文化和野生物种丰富而闻名于世。　 　 奥莫山谷中的部落生活被认为有着非洲大陆上乃至全世界最原始平和的生活方式。然而，也因当地极其原始的生活方式和传统导致不少 Mingi 孩子被杀。

Mingi 被定义为不洁或受诅咒之意，一旦被认定为 Mingi ，就意味着死亡。任何非婚生子女、牙齿有缺陷的孩子、双胞胎、或者小孩的出生未得到该部落的允许或同意，都被该部落长老认定为 Mingi ，而这些孩子将被扔在沙漠或将淹死在河里。　 　 日前，致力于拯救 Mingi 孩子的组织已经成立，已有 37名小孩成功获救。同时，该组织也相信他们可以通过提供教育和人道主义的方式解救更多孩子，最终停止残害孩子的残

　忍行为。

Back to the Great Rift ValleyOn The Continent in the world, it's the largest rift zone.From the satellite ,it looks like a huge scar.The length is equal to 1/6 of the circumference of the earth.

There is such a beautiful place. But people relentless destroy this paradise day buy day.

Only protection can help this area keep diversity and beauty.

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