It rises in Ethiopia's Shewa Highlands, and flows for 760 kms through terraced hillsides, volcanic outcrops and fertile grasslands as far as the world's greatest desert lake, Lake Turkana, in Kenya.
The lower valley of the Omo River is believed by some historians to have been a cultural crossroads for thousands of years, where a vast diversity of migrating peoples have converged. Today, at least eight different tribes speaking six different languages (the Bodi (Me'en), Daasanach, Kara (or Karo), Kwegu (or Muguji), Mursi and Nyangatom) live along the lower reaches of the river. Many are a blend of nomadic herdsmen and shifting agriculturalists. They travel the area in search of water and grazing lands for their cattle, goats and sheep.
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