Home»All Albums & Groups»Kenya — January, 2015»Samburu — Dried-up Ewaso Nyiro River

~ The reality of very low water in the Ewaso Nyiro River was plain to see. Animals were affected by the diminished water flow. Wherever we drove, looking back toward the river was unsettling, as its wide banks and bed were evident, yet water amounted to little more than pools here and there. There's a sad quality about a once vigorous river which runs out of water. It's purpose gone, it represents a memory of life-giving water, now gone. How do species cope with such profound environmental shifts?