(2008-06) McClain, Michael; Ayieko, Joseph; Melesse, Assefa; Ndomba, Praxedis; O’Keeffe, Jay; Onyango, Leah; Tamatamah, Rashid A.; Wasonga, Victor D.
The Mara River basin encompasses some of the world’s most
unique ecosystems and human communities, tightly linked by their
dependence on water from the Mara River. From its headwaters in
Kenya, the Mara River flows through a mosaic of forests, tea fields, and
croplands before entering Maasai pastoral lands. In this semi-arid
landscape, human demands for water – especially for livestock and
agriculture – run high and surface flows of the Mara River system are
essential to meeting demands.