Lake Tuz occurs. For most of the year, it is very shallow (approx.). During winter part of the salt is dissolved in the fresh water that is introduced to the lake by precipitation and surface runoff (to 324% salinity). During the summer the lake dries up exposing an average of 30 cm thick salt layer in August. This mechanism is used as a basis for the process of the salt mines in the lake. The three mines operating in the lake produce 63% of the salt consumed in Turkey. The salt mining generates industrial activity in the region, mainly related to salt
Lake Naivasha Country Club the shadow of Mount Longonot, 2,777 m (9,111 ft), a dormant volcano which, in 1983, was declared a Kenyan national park (52 km²). Mount Longonot also can be seen from the eastern escarpment on the scenic highway to the region. The Lake Naivasha Country Club opened in 1937 as an intermediate staging post for Imperial Airways' flying boat (seaplane) service travelling from Durban to London. Previously known as the "Lake Hotel" in the 1930s, there were papyrus-thatched chalets. The area was popular with members of the Happy Valley set during the years between the World Wars. Also on the shores