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Lake Victoria Lake Victoria Lake Victoria, at Rusinga Island, Kenya
Lifesavers on Lake Victoria: Fighting superstition and promoting safety
Journey of the Nile: The longest river in the world
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Water and its Varying Forms
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How fishermen are contributing to plastic pollution in Lake Victoria • Feb. 19, 2025, 9:54 PM ET (Nation.Africa)
Pollution, oil spills kill fish in Lake Victoria • Feb. 15, 2025, 9:59 PM ET (Nation.Africa)
Lake Victoria’s perennial weed turned into clean cooking fuel • Feb. 12, 2025, 2:05 AM ET (Nation.Africa)
Inside Lake Victoria's waters where women choose death over their children's hunger • Feb. 7, 2025, 3:19 AM ET (Nation.Africa)
Scramble for 'brown gold' leaves Lake Victoria's shoreline in limbo • Jan. 28, 2025, 6:04 PM ET (The Standard)

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Lake Victoria, at Rusinga Island, Kenya
Lifesavers on Lake Victoria: Fighting superstition and promoting safety
Journey of the Nile: The longest river in the world
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Mount Kenya in Mount Kenya National Park is the highest mountain in Africa. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giant Lobelia in foreground. (Mt. Kenya; Mt. Kenya National Park; mountains; rugged mountain; African geography, African landscape, stratovolcano)
Africa’s Physical Features
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Church of Saint George (Bet Giyorgis), Lalibela, Ethiopia. UNESCO World Heritage site.
Geography of Africa Quiz
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Namib desert, Namibia.
8 Amazing Physical Features of Africa
Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
6 Lakes That Are Drying Up
Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
6 Lakes That Are Drying Up