Lake Victoria 101 - How Big Is Lake Victoria Actually?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ย. 2022
- Covering Approximately 68,800 Square Km, Lake Victoria Is The Second Largest Freshwater Lake In The World By Area, After Lake Superior.
Located In East-central Africa, Lake Victoria Was Discovered For The Europeans By John Hanning Speke In 1858, When He Was Searching For The Source Of The Nile River Along With Richard Francis Burton. He Named The Lake After Queen Victoria, The Queen Of The United Kingdom At That Time .
Prior To European Discovery , Lake Victoria Was Well - Known To The Arab Traders, Who Explored The Inland Routes In Africa Through The Lake, In Search Of Gold And Ivory, As Well As Slaves For Trade. They Have Well Made Maps Of The Lake Dating Back To 12th Century AD.
Lake Victoria Is Situated In The Great Rift Valley And Its Area Is Divided Among Three Countries, Which Are Kenya, Uganda, And Tanzania. It Is The World's Largest Tropical Lake, The World's Second Largest Freshwater Lake And The World's Ninth Largest Continental Lake In Terms Of Volume, Containing 2,750 Cubic Kilometers Of Water. Lake Victoria Has An Maximum Length Of 337 Km, And Is 250 Km Wide At Its Widest Point. It Has A Maximum Depth Of 84 Meters And A Average Depth Of 40 Meters .
Many Rivers And Streams Flow Into Lake Victoria, The Biggest River Flowing Into The Lake Is The Kagera River. Other Major Rivers Include River Mara, Yala, Nyando, Bukora And Katonga. Only One River Flows Out Of The Lake And Is Called As The White Nile. The White Nile Is One Of The Two Rivers That Form The Main Nile River. The Other One Is Called As The Blue Nile. The Two Rivers Join Together At Khartoum City, The Capital Of Sudan To Form The Nile River, The Longest River Of Africa.
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How did Europeans “discover” a lake that was already named by the locals and supporting the livelihoods of indigenous communities? Europeans renamed the lake and that’s about it. Some humans love taking credit for stuff that isn’t theirs.
He said "discovered for the Europeans" . In other words the people who matter.
@@R-Lee- He didn’t discover anything for them either. He might have mapped it for them but discovered is definitely the wrong word choice.
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@@riprawc if he didn't discover it for his people what word would you use?
@@R-Lee- “Lake Victoria was mapped for the Europeans by John Hanning ……” Mapped is a better choice of word.
There’s something incredible (to me) about lakes and rivers so large they have waves and look like oceans from shore.
Correction Nile is the longest river in Africa but the largest river in discharge is the Congo River
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“My love is wider, wider than Victoria Lake” .. Sade, it is a crime
So big and very beautiful. It's good that it provided important flow of water of the Nile river so people can flourishes it.
There should be no Lake Victoria in Africa. The lake should be renamed.
It’s called nalubaale before the whites came and “named” it
It's Lake Nyanza
THANK YOU I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS PRECOLONIAL NAME!
This lake should be re named lake Africa.
It’s original name is nalubaale ..us Ugandans know this
In our country "Uganda" we call it Lake Nalubaale
Lake victoria is i think mean 70000 sq km. Its hard to figure with all the inlets etc. Its huge
They should rename the lake and call it the Nile Sea in honor of Nile River!!!
I think the like is from the Nile River its self. Might get some crocs and hippos joining soon :) We call it Monster Lake as some of the locals say there are monsters in there. Cartainly big enough and plenty of legends
what do you mean by it was discovered in 1858, Kenyan, Ugandans, Tanzanians were there and using it, or did it just appeared
I didn't know nalubali was so big
Naluubale
Lake Simba !
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Do both metric and SAE conversions
Will Do In New Videos.
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Yeah, Sure.
@@startthinking. I'm also interested. Please I need this Part of your videos.
Discovered it was already there Jesus
UKEREWE LAKE. John did not discover anything. This lake has been always there enjoyed, preserved and honored by our ancestors. Ask the locals about the history of lake. Name lake Victoria we are working on it to be removed because it's not the name of that lake. Who gave John the rights go around discovering African places for Europeans? And who gave John the rights to go around people's land without a permit naming these places like he belongs to this land. This is a crime He committed
The lake is in Africa, an people was there stll the same people from Africa,how some1 4rom ulaya, he discovered the lake,?he just give the name , I call it ,Ziwa la Africa, Africa lake,,
its called nalubali not Victoria how can you name such a beautiful lake after a demon witch of England that's scandoulus
Idk but seems they did
Southern reefs
Really!?
Egysptien should reverse that lake courant so uganda can eat
Largest river of Africa is the Congo.
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how do you discover something, when there are people living on it already???? the western mentality is very shallow
The colonial mindset.