Turkwel
|
Turkwel Suam |
||
 |
||
| Data | ||
| location |
 Kenya
|
|
| River system | Turkwel | |
| muzzle | in the Turkana Sea coordinates: 3 ° 4 ′ 21 ″ N , 36 ° 9 ′ 12 ″ E 3 ° 4 ′ 21 ″ N , 36 ° 9 ′ 12 ″ E
|
|
| Reservoirs flowed through | Turkwel dam | |
The Turkwel is a river that flows from Mount Elgon on the Kenyan - Ugandan border to Lake Turkana . From its source to the border of the West Pokot District it is called Suam . The name is derived from the word Tirkol from the Turkana language , which means "river rich in fish". At the beginning of the 1990s, the Turkwel dam and a controversial hydropower plant were built with support from France . Due to the fluctuating amount of water, little electricity is produced.
Web links
Commons : Turkwel - album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Ecological impact of Prosopis species invasion in Turkwel (accessed October 1, 2015)
- Turkwel Gorge Hydro Elec - Ipsos (accessed October 1, 2015)