External Resources

The Mara River basin covers 13,504 km², approximately 65% in Kenya and 35% in Tanzania. From its sources in the Kenyan highlands, the river flows ~395 km from the Mau Escarpment and drains into Lake Victoria.

Another crowd-sourced webpage on interesting geographies and world events including a description of the Mara River migration.

This area takes in Kenya's Mau forest (the biggest indigenous montane forest left in east Africa), the basin of the Mara river (lifeblood of the whole ecosystem), and the Serengeti plain.

The vast plains of the Serengeti comprise 1.5 million ha of savannah. The annual migration of vast herds of herbivores (wildebeest, gazelles and zebras) is one of the most impressive natural events in the world.

Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and scientific value.