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The Talek River of Masai Mara National Reserve

The Talek River of Masai Mara National Reserve

The Talek River of Masai Mara National Reserve

Talek River in Masai Mara National Reserve: The Talek River in Masai Mara National Reserve is a seasonal river that takes ways water from the reserve. The Talek River is one of the tributaries of the Mara River that is crossed by millions of the wildebeest and thousands of the zebras during the Wildebeest Migration. The other river that feeds river Mara include the Tigite River, Somoche River, Sand River, and the Tabora rivers

These rivers combine to produce two annual tributaries of Nyangores River and Amala River. Later these two combine to form the great Mara River which drains most parts of the Masai Mara National Reserve both in areas of the forests and the swamps within the reserve.

The Talek River is the longest tributary and it pours the water into Mara River in the north after about sixteen kilometers at the border between Kenya and the Republic of Tanzania. The rivers combined form the great Mara basin occupying over 13500 square kilometers, this basis is occupied and covered with montane vegetation with open grassland and then shrubs. The river is an important feature of the Masai Mara National Reserve especially to the wildlife within this magical reserve.

As I earlier said, the Talek river of Masai Mara National Reserve is a seasonal river meaning that it surfaces during the wet season and when it is dry season then the river disappears. This implies that the Talek river purely depends on the rainfall and this the reason why this river is seasonal meaning that visitors traveling to Masai Mara National Reserve from July to October, the dry season, are likely to find the Talek River dry.

The Talek River provides a lot of water to wildlife even to the private ranches around the Masai Mara National Reserve. The river offers a lot of aquatic life especially during the rainy season such as the crocodiles, hippopotamus including the waterbird species. Further, the wildebeest migration does take place around the river and this makes it attract more visitors to the area.

The Talek River is surrounded by several accommodation facilities that have been built up along the river making it an interesting place within the Masai Mara National Reserve.

Another wonderful river that is found in Masai Mara National Reserve is the well re-known Mara River that moves across the Masai Mara National Reserve. The Mara River is located within the wildebeest migration corridor where the uncoordinated migration of the wildebeest and zebras happens from northern Tanzania in Serengeti National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

The Mara River is part and partial of the Mara river block that occupies about 13504 square kilometers. The majority of the river of about sixty-five percent is found in Kenya while the rest is found in Tanzania. The Mara River drains the water to Lake Victoria a reason why the river has got Nile crocodiles and the river runs for over square kilometers.

Mara River is the most popular part of the Masai Mara National Reserve, especially that that is drained by its two tributaries of the Amala and Nyangores that drain to the Mau escarpments that are the focus in the western direction. This section is popular because of the wonderful predators that are found in this part and these include the lions, leopards. Later the Mara River continues to them Tanzania where it forms another tributary called Longaianiet River.

The Mara River moves around the plains of the Masai Mara National Reserve with savannah plains and grassland where the local Masai people do carry out small agriculture. When talking about the Mara River, then we mean the area where the annual wildebeest migration does take place. The wildebeest moves from Tanzania to Kenya in a dramatic fashion.

Both Mara River and the Talek River in Masai Mara National Reserve combine to form an important ecosystem in the reserve. Thus the presence of these two rivers has formed the importance of the wildlife in Masai Mara National Reserve and this is the reason why the Masai Mara National Reserve has visited all the time around because of the permanent river wildlife resident animals with the permanent water source from these rivers.

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