Lake Victoria - the precious jewel of Africa

There is a lot of controversy going on around the lake that is considered one of the seven natural wonders of Africa!

With an area of ​​69,000 km ² , circumference 3,440km, Victoria is Africa's largest freshwater lake and second in the world. The lake is located in the region of the borders of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The northern half of Uganda, the southern half of Tanzania, and the northeastern part of Kenya.

Photos of Lake Victoria taken from cosmic satellites.

The lake is made up of a large crack near the equator between the east and west of the Great Rift valley, on the lake there are many small islands, including the famous Sesse archipelago as a beautiful land. Very suitable for those who want to find a place to rest and admire.

There are many small islands around.

In addition, there are many prehistoric monuments around the lake. This proves that, in ancient times, this place used to have a community of people living with abundant agricultural activities.

The sunset here is beautiful.

The first information about Lake Victoria came from an Arab trader specializing in gold, ivory, and slavery. Since the 1160s, people have begun to set up maps of Lake Victoria, which is clearly described, at this time, the lake is known as a branch flowing into the Nile following natural flow.

From Lake Victoria, the White Nile (the name refers to the Nile River flow from the lake) connecting Lake Albert is lower and a few hundred miles away. Here the water filled a vast lake area filled with submerged forests, thus becoming a large, year-round reservoir that gradually flowed down the Nile River.

Lake Victoria was first seen by an explorer John Hanning Speke.

Ho Victoria was first seen by an English explorer named John Hanning Speke in 1858 while he was on a journey to explore Central Africa with his friend Richard Francis Burton.

He believed that he had found the water of the Nile, and named the lake Lake Victoria. However, his companion, Burton opposed Speke's claim that he had enough evidence to prove the true origin of the Nile.

Sailing in the lake.

After that, there was a lot of fierce debate in the scientific community, so many adventurers were interested in this and wanted to confirm themselves about Speke's discovery.

The popularity of the British explorer made other adventurers interested in this. However, there are also those who failed to prove what Speke said was true, for example missionary David Livingstone.

Speke's discovery was eventually proved by the American explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, on an expedition sponsored by the New York Herald newspaper, a wonderful speech to prove Speke's discovery was Presented by Henry Morton Stanley just north of the lake.

Up to 500 species of fish live here, the fisheries sector is also quite developed.

80% of water in the lake is rainwater, and from many small streams, the largest stream flowing into this lake is Kagera. Lake Victoria ecosystem is famous for its biodiversity, with up to 500 fish species living here, the fisheries sector is also quite developed.

However, now, Lake Victoria is facing the problem of pollution, a lot of waste water, industrial waste, fertilizers and chemicals. This not only affects fish species living below the lake but also greatly affects the water resources of the local people.