Lake Naivasha

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in , outside the town of in Nakuru County, which lies north west of . It is situated in the Great Rift Valley.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Kenya
  • Also known as: Enaiposha

Lake Naivasha

Latitude
-0.76582° or 0° 45′ 57″ south
Longitude
36.35561° or 36° 21′ 20″ east
Elevation
1,881 metres (6,171 feet)
Open location code
6GFR69M4+M6
Geo­Names ID
184706
Wiki­data ID
Q1365115
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Naivasha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Lake Naivasha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نيفاشا
  • Belarusian: Возера Найваша
  • Belarusian: Найваша
  • Bhojpuri: नाइवाशा झील
  • Bulgarian: Найваша
  • Burmese: နိုင်ဗရှာကန်
  • Catalan: Llac Naivasha
  • Cebuano: Lake Naivasha
  • Chinese: 奈瓦夏湖
  • Chinese: 奈瓦沙湖
  • Czech: Naivasha
  • Danish: Lake Naivasha
  • Danish: Naivashasøen
  • Dutch: Naivashameer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره نيفاشا
  • French: lac Naivasha
  • French: Lac Naivasha
  • Georgian: ნაივაშა
  • German: Lake Naivasha
  • German: Naivasha-See
  • German: Naivashasee
  • Hausa: Tafkin Naivasha
  • Hebrew: אגם נאיוואשה
  • Hungarian: Naivasha-tó
  • Indonesian: Danau Naivasha
  • Italian: lago Naivasha
  • Italian: Lago Naivasha
  • Japanese: ナイヴァシャ湖
  • Japanese: ナイバシャ湖
  • Kinyarwanda: Ikiyaga cya Naivasha
  • Korean: 나이바샤호
  • Latvian: Naivašas ezers
  • Lithuanian: Naivaša
  • Macedonian: Наиваша
  • Macedonian: Најваша
  • Malayalam: നൈവാഷ തടാകം
  • Persian: دریاچه نایواشا
  • Polish: Naivasha
  • Portuguese: Lago Naivasha
  • Russian: Наиваша
  • Russian: Найваша
  • Serbian: Најваша
  • Slovenian: Jezero Naivaša
  • Spanish: Lago Naivasha
  • Swahili: Ziwa Naivasha
  • Swedish: Naivashasjön
  • Tatar: Найваша күле
  • Ukrainian: Найваша
  • Venetian: lago Naivasha
  • Welsh: Llyn Naivasha
  • Western Panjabi: جھیل نائیواشا
  • Western Panjabi: جھیل نائیواشہ
  • नाइवाशा झील

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