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	Lake Victoria Encyclopedia @ HillCountryArtists.com (Hill Country Artists) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres (26,560 mi²) in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second largest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area.
		The lake was first sighted by Europeans in 1858 when the British explorer John Hanning Speke reached its southern shore whilst on his journey with Richard Francis Burton to explore central Africa and locate the great Lakes.
		By 2006 the water levels in Lake Victoria had reached an 80-year low, and Daniel Kull, a hydrologist with the UN's International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Nairobi, Kenya, calculated that Uganda was exceeding the agreed curve by 55% [1].
	www.hillcountryartists.com /encyclopedia/Lake_Victoria (923 words)

	Lake Victoria at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Victoria is 69,000 square kilometres in size, making it the largest lake in Africa, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second largest freshwater lake in the world.
		During the 1950s, the nile perch (Lates niloticus) was introduced into the lake's ecosystem in an attempt to improve the yields of fishing in the lake.
		The lake was first discovered by Europeans in 1858 by the British explorer John Speke.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Lake_Victoria.html (436 words)

	Victoria (Seychelles) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Victoria (Seychelles) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Deep-water port and capital of the republic of the Seychelles, tourist centre on the northeast coast of Mahé Island; population (1993 est) 25,000.
		Victoria is the business and cultural centre of the Seychelles and has an international airport.
		Victoria Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs, Inc. (Australia)
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Victoria+(Seychelles) (108 words)

	Lake Victoria
		Numerous streams, including the Kagera River, feed Lake Victoria, which is one of the chief headwater reservoirs of the Nile; the Victoria Nile drains the lake to the north.
		The lake basin is densely populated and intensely cultivated, and the lake is an important fishery, but fish stocks and diversity have declined since the 1980s as a result of overfishing and the introduction of the Nile perch.
		Lake Victoria's Nile perch boom: a decade ago, Nile perch was only caught on Lake Victoria for domestic consumption, but today it is in heavy demand in European and Asian countries.
	www.infoplease.com /id/A0850822 (412 words)

	Kenya on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kenya is bordered by Somalia on the east, the Indian Ocean on the southeast, Tanzania on the south, Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza) on the southwest, Uganda on the west, Sudan on the northwest, and Ethiopia on the north.
		In the northwest, straddling Lake Turkana and the Kulal Mts., are high-lying scrublands.
		A railroad was built (1895-1901) from Mombasa to Kisumu on Lake Victoria in order to facilitate trade with the interior and with Uganda.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/kenya_economy.asp (2205 words)

	Cichlid Research Home Page: Ron Coleman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Coleman R. (2001) Cichlids and Science: The Riddle of Lake Victoria.
		Coleman R.M. (2001) Ile lat ma jezioro Wiktorii [How old is Lake Victoria?] In Polish.
		Coleman R.M. (1997) Cichlids and Science: How old is Lake Victoria?
	www.cichlidresearch.com /aboutme.html (1510 words)

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