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HANNINGTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 922 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HANNINGTON , a See also:

lake of See also:British See also:East See also:Africa in the eastern rift-valley just See also:south of the See also:equator and in the See also:shadow of the Laikipia escarpment. It is 7 M. See also:long by 2 M. broad. The See also:water is shallow and brackish. See also:Standing in the lake and along its shores are See also:numbers of dead trees, the remains of an See also:ancient See also:forest, which serve as eyries for storks, herons and eagles. The See also:banks and flats at the See also:north end of the lake are the resort of hundreds of thousands of flamingoes. The places where they cluster are dazzling See also:white with See also:guano deposits. The lake is named after See also:Bishop See also:James Hannington.

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