It acts as a sink for seasonal streams. The geography and geology of Lake Magadi is such that it is among the few places on earth where trona (a naturally occurring mineral that contains sodium ...

“The silt impedes the crystallisation of trona. The crystallisation ... which makes the siltation at Lake Magadi particularly troubling for the country’s soda ash mining sector.

Lake Magadi is one of the 4 salty water lakes in ... accumulates vast amounts of trona, a mineral composed of sodium ...