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    Republic of the Congo. It is Africa's seventh-largest lake, as well as the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes. Lake Albert is located on the border between...
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    The African Great Lakes (Swahili: Maziwa Makuu; Kinyarwanda: Ibiyaga bigari) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and...
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  • Lake Albert or Albert Lake may refer to: Lake Albert (Africa), one of the African Great Lakes Lake Albert (South Australia), a lake Lake Albert, South...
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    White Nile (redirect from Albert Nile)
    from Lake Victoria through to the merger with the Blue Nile: the "Victoria Nile" from Lake Victoria via Lake Kyoga to Lake Albert, then the "Albert Nile"...
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  • Burundi Nyanza, the Bantu word for lake, in particular: Lake Albert (Africa) (Albert Nyanza) Lake Edward (Edward Nyanza) Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza) Nyanza...
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  • Thumbnail for Rift Valley lakes
    The Rift Valley lakes are a series of lakes in the East African Rift valley that runs through eastern Africa from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Fishing industry in Uganda
    lakes (Lake Victoria, Lake Albert (Africa), Lake Kyoga, Lake Edward and Lake George (Uganda)) which are the main sources of fish in the country. Lake...
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  • Thumbnail for East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
    territories it ran inland shipping services on Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga, Lake Albert, the Victoria Nile and the Albert Nile. The Malayan Railway sold the EAR&H...
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  • Thumbnail for Lake Edward
    Lake Edward (locally Rwitanzigye or Rweru) is one of the smaller African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East...
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    Hoima District (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    District to the southwest and the Democratic Republic of the Congo across Lake Albert to the west. Hoima, the location of the district headquarters, is located...
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  • Thumbnail for 2014 Lake Albert boat disaster
    On March 22, 2014, a boat traveling on Africa's Lake Albert capsized. According to local police, 45 survivors were rescued. Officially, 251 people died...
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  • Thumbnail for Geography of Africa
    Kilimanjaro; its largest lake is Lake Victoria. Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia...
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  • Thumbnail for Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa expedition
    1874 and 1877 Henry Morton Stanley traveled Central Africa east to west, exploring Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and the Lualaba and Congo rivers. He covered...
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    in Africa. Pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumière screened their films in Alexandria, Cairo, Tunis, Susa, Libya and Hammam-Lif, Tunisia in 1896. Albert Samama...
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  • Thumbnail for Lake Victoria
    Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km2 (23,146 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake...
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    Semliki River (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    Africa. It flows north from Lake Edward in Beni Territory, Nord-Kivu, D.R.C avoiding the Rwenzori Mountains on its Right (East), emptying into Lake Albert...
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  • Thumbnail for East African Crude Oil Pipeline
    March 2016, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) was to start in Buseruka sub-county, Hoima District, at the Lake Albert (Africa) basin in Uganda's...
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  • Rukwanzi Island (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    Rukwanzi Island is a disputed island in the southern portion of Lake Albert in Central Africa. It is home to approximately 1000 fishermen. Rukwanzi is the...
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    Buliisa District (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    District to the south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, across Lake Albert, to the west. The 'main town' in the district, Buliisa, is located approximately...
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  • Thumbnail for Freeborn County, Minnesota
    Source: Albert Lea Lake Bear Lake Church Lake Everhart Lake Fountain Lake Freeborn Lake Geneva Lake Goose Lake Halls Lake Hickory Lake Lower Twin Lake Penny...
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  • Thumbnail for Albert II, Prince of Monaco
    Prince Albert married South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock. He has four children: Jazmin, Alexandre, Gabriella, and Jacques. Prince Albert was...
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  • Thumbnail for Lake No
    proper. Lake No is located approximately 1,156 km downstream of Uganda's Lake Albert, the major lake on the White Nile preceding Lake No. The lake is considered...
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    Masindi District (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    Onions Soybeans Peas Bananas Fishing is practiced in the rivers and on Lake Albert. Fish farming is an important economic activity with over 250 ponds in...
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  • Buliisa (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    in the northwestern corner of Buliisa District, along the shores of Lake Albert, approximately 91 kilometres (57 mi), by road, north of Hoima, the largest...
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  • Thumbnail for Albert Lea, Minnesota
    shores of Fountain Lake, Pickerel Lake, Albert Lea Lake, Goose Lake, School Lake, and Lake Chapeau. Fountain Lake and Albert Lea Lake are part of the Shell...
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    Kikuube District (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    will be located on the Buhuka Flats at the shores of Lake Albert with the start of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Kikuube district in common with...
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  • Pakwach (category Lake Albert (Africa))
    city in the West Nile sub-region. This is along the western bank of the Albert Nile, approximately 121 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Gulu, the largest...
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    Albertine Rift (category Geography of Central Africa)
    Mountains between Lake Albert and Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake Rutanzige and Lake Kivu. The Virungas...
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    A ferry on Lake Volta Photograph of Lake Volta Akosombo Port's signage Trees in Lake Volta Dock of Dodi Island with Dodi Princess Africa portal Water...
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  • Albert Falls Dam is a dam in the Umgeni River, just outside Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Established in 1976, the dam has a gross capacity...
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