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Definitions for turkana
tʊərˈkɑ nəturkana
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Turkananoun
A Nilo-Saharan language of Kenya.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turkana in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turkana in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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Today, Lake Turkana gets about 90 % of its water from the SW Ethiopian highlands via the Omo River, and the remaining 10 % from the western Kenyan highlands via the Turkwel and Kerio Rivers. During times past, rainfall in all these areas fluctuated, and Lake Turkana expanded and contracted as weather systems changed.
The way to test between these hypotheses is to collect more fossils, establishing when, exactly, the Eurasian fauna entered Afro-Arabia remains one of the most important questions in paleontology, and West Turkana is one of the only places we know of to find that answer.
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