Many of us have not heard of Lake Victoria in Africa. May be it is not a well known tourist destination, but there are some specialties which are worth knowing it.
Lake Victoria lies mainly in Tanzania and Uganda bordering Kenya in Africa. If you are not familiar with Africa, it comes somewhere south-east of Africa. Take a look in the Map.
Specialties of Lake Victoria
1) It is the largest lake in Africa
2) It is the largest tropical lake (situated in the region of equator) in the world.
3) It is the world's second largest freshwater lake (inland natural water that is not salty) by surface area; only Lake Superior in North America (US & Canada) is larger.
4) It is the ninth largest continental lake by volume.
The lake was named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake.
Also Lake victoria is the chief reservoir (Lake used to store water for community use) of the river Nile.
In this video, you will get to know the current regretful state of this lake. Fishing business got affected, deadly diseases are spread among the local communities and how miserably the business women needs to offer sex to run their business.
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