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
His change in opinion on formal education and medical interventions caused friction between the couple, who had six children together at their home in Mudulusia in Busia county, western Kenya, near Lake Victoria.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
Dr Funk says higher rainfall has continued since then over the Lake Victoria basin that feeds into South Sudan, but it is not clear whether this is a permanent new pattern.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
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
When I rode along the Kinshasa Highway as a boy, it was a dusty, unpaved thread that wandered through the Rift Valley toward Lake Victoria, carrying not much traffic.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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