Tanzania is an African country with varied landscape features including several large salt-water lakes. Lake Eyasi is one of the most popular lakes located in the southern area of the Serengeti National Park. It is one of the many lakes in the bottom of the East Africa Rift Valley, and lies to the southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania. The lake is there fore surrounded by awe-inspiring natural features and presents a picaresque sight to tourists and visitors of Tanzania.
Lake Eyasi in Tanzania is rectangular is shape except in the southeastern side of the lake. The alkaline lake stretches to a distance of almost about 50 kilometers in the southwest direction. The lake has such a structure and position that it seems shallow even when it is full of water in the rainy season. Periods of maximum water level also show Lake Eyasi to be devoid of water.
Lake Eyasi is encompassed by several acacia and palm forests in the north-east side. There is a small Kisima Ngeda farm in this place that has some fresh water springs facilitating growth of plants and vegetables. The shore of Lake Eyasi in Tanzania also has some meadows, which act as a permanent habitat for several wildlife species including some rare species of birds. A wide variety of monkeys, leopards, hippos, giraffes and hyenas are found near Lake Eyasi along with birds like storks, greater and lesser flamingos and pelicans.
