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The Omo River Delta is the low-lying wetland at the southern end of the Omo River, where the river enters Lake Turkana in the border region of Ethiopia and Kenya. It consists of shifting channels, floodplain areas, and seasonally inundated ground around the lake's northern shore. The wider lower Omo region is also important in paleoanthropology because of early human fossil discoveries, although those finds are associated with the broader valley rather than with every part of the delta itself.
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Where is the Omo River Delta located?
It is in northern Kenya, where the Omo River empties into Lake Turkana. The delta forms an expanding plain at the lake's edge.
Why does the Omo River Delta keep changing shape?
Sediment carried by the Omo River builds and shifts channels across the delta. This makes its geography unusually dynamic compared with a fixed shoreline.
Why is the Omo River Delta important to human prehistory?
The wider Omo basin is notable for rich early human fossil discoveries. Its location beside Lake Turkana makes the delta part of an important East African paleoanthropological region.
Which lake does the Omo River Delta flow into?
The Omo River Delta flows into Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Lake Turkana receives the river at the northern end of its long, changing delta plain.
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