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~ Over the centuries, or even millennia, as sustained rainfall has saturated the Aberdares region near Mt. Kenya, the overflow has run down through the Ewaso Nyiro River, eroding a channel with steep sides. In several places animal species have repeatedly descended to the river for water, gradually wearing the light reddish soil into an access ramp. Elephants in Buffalo Springs watched while we photographed the riverbank, with tall trees above it. In the absence of river flow and precipitation, the deep taproots of the trees become more essential as water conduits than as anchors during heavy passing winds.