Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km2, Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's sec
Lake Victoria partially obscured by clouds taken on the International Space Station
Victoria Nyanza. The black line indicates Stanley's route.
Unlike many other Lake Victoria cichlids, Haplochromis nyererei remains common. Compared to several other cichlids, its eyes are particularly sensitive to light, especially red, which is less affected by the decrease in water clarity caused by eutrophication than short wavelength colors
Haplochromis thereuterion survives in low numbers. Initially feared extinct, when rediscovered it had changed habitat (from near surface to rocky outcrops) and feeding behavior (from surface insects to insect larvae)
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lake Victoria
…with islands constituting 3.7% of this length. The lake's area is divided among three countries: Tanzania occupies 49% (33,700 km2 (13,000 sq mi)), Uganda 45% (31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)), and Kenya 6% (4,100 km2 (1,600 sq mi)). The lake is home to many species of fish which live nowhere else, especially…
A caesarean section performed by indigenous healers in Kahura, in the kingdom of Bunyoro, present-day Uganda, as observed by medical missionary Robert William Felkin in 1879
Construction of the Owen Falls Dam in Jinja
Kabaka Muwenda Mutebi II and his wife Sylvia Nagginda
The Uganda printers building on Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda