Lake Victoria
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Lake Victoria is a headwater reservoir for the Nile River.
It was explored by Henry Stanley in 1875.
Example Sentences
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It has a long shoreline on Lake Victoria -- which straddles Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania -- and is crossed by the Nile river.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
It lives in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, separated from the Northern giraffe by Lake Victoria and the Nile River.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025
Their campaign,"Let Lake Victoria Breathe Again" aims to bring attention to chemical and single-use plastic pollution in the lake, which is impacting its ecosystem.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
The pipeline would pass through seven forest reserves and two game parks, running alongside Lake Victoria, a source of fresh water for 40 million people.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
He told me that some of the Marburg monkeys were trapped in a group of islands in Lake Victoria known as the Sese Islands.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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