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Winam Gulf — is a significant extension of northeastern Lake Victoria into western Kenya. Formerly known as Kavirondo Gulf, Nyanza Gulf, and Lake Nyanza Gulf, it is a shallow inlet and is connected to the main lake by Rusinga Channel (3 mi wide), which is… … Wikipedia
Water hyacinth — taxobox name = Water Hyacinth image caption = Common Water Hyacinth ( E. crassipes ) regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Monocots unranked ordo = Commelinids ordo = Commelinales familia = Pontederiaceae genus =… … Wikipedia
Rusinga Island — Rusinga Island, with an elongated shape approx. 10 miles (16 km) from end to end and 3 miles (5 km) at its widest point, lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria at the mouth of the Winam Gulf. Part of Kenya, it is linked to Mbita Point on the… … Wikipedia
Mount Homa — in 1994 Elevation 1,751 m (5,745 ft) … Wikipedia
Kenya — Kenyan, adj., n. /ken yeuh, keen /, n. 1. a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 28,803,085; 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km). Cap.: Nairobi. 2. Mount, an extinct volcano… … Universalium
Victoria, Lake — or Victoria Nyanza Largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile River, east central Africa. The southern half lies in Tanzania, the northern half in Uganda; it borders Kenya in the northeast. With an area of 26,828 sq mi (69,484 sq km) … Universalium
East African lakes — ▪ lake system, East Africa Introduction group of lakes in East Africa (eastern Africa). The majority of the East African lakes lie within the East African Rift System, which forms a part of a series of gigantic fissures in the Earth s crust… … Universalium
Kavirondo — is the former name of the region surrounding Kavirondo Gulf (now Winam Gulf) as well as of two native peoples living there under the regime of British East Africa (The Nilotic Kavirondo and the Bantu Kavirondo ). Broadly, this was defined as… … Wikipedia
Bantu Kavirondo — is the former name given to some of the Bantu peoples of western Kenya (e.g., the Luhya and Kisii) under the early colonial regime of British East Africa. Kavirondo Gulf (Winam Gulf) and the surrounding area of Kavirondo derive from the same name … Wikipedia
Mbita Point — is a rural community in the province of Nyanza, Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). A public primary school formerly international… … Wikipedia
