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Edward Lake
One of the great lakes of the East African Rift Valley
Lake Edward, formerly known as Lake Arming, is composed of
fault
It's one of the great lakes of the East African Rift Valley. Located on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, its northern shore is just a few kilometers from the equator and is the smallest lake in Africa's Great Lakes region. Lake Edward was named by English explorer Henry Morton Stanley as a tribute to King Edward VII of England.
- Chinese name
- Edward Lake [1]
- Foreign name
- Edward，Lake
- Ticket price
- free
- alias
- Armin Nuur
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One of the great lakes of the Rift Valley in western East Africa. The waters of Lake Edward pass north
The Semliki River
(Semliki River) after injection
Albert Lake
(Also known after 1973
Lake Mobutu
The waters of Lake Mobutu Sese Seko form the Albert Nile. The north and south sides of Lake Edward are lowlands
plain
There are many cliffs on both sides. north
The Rwenzori Mountains
Hit the mark
Margarita Hill
Margherita Peak is 5,119 m (16,795 ft) above sea level. The lake abounds with fish; After the Virunga National Park in Congo and the Queen Elizabeth (Rwenzori) National Park in Uganda were established to protect the Lake's wildlife and Lake George received the Ruwenzori River, The water flows through the 32 km (20 mi) long Kazinga Channel to feed Lake Edward, while receiving the waters of the Rutshuru River (across the vast plains to the south) and finally merging with the river.
Satellite photo of Lake Edward
Lake Edward lies on the western branch of the Great Rift zone,
Uganda
and
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The border between the two countries. It is about 77 kilometers long from north to south and 42 kilometers wide from east to west. The lake covers an area of 2300 square kilometers. The lake is 912 meters above sea level. The maximum depth is 117 meters.
Lake shore
It is relatively flat and connected to Lake George by canal to the northeast. The east and west sides of the lake shore are steep, and the north and south sides are mostly low plains. The lake abounds in fish. Lake shore
Wild animal
Be protected. Hippos are abundant in Lake Edward, with 4,000 to 5,000 reported, about two-thirds of Uganda's hippopotamus population. Hippos are so afraid of heat that they can spend the whole day submerged in water with only their nostrils and eyes exposed. Hippos can hold their breath for up to six minutes and still walk on their legs in the water. Hippos come ashore to graze in the late afternoon, sometimes as far as five kilometers away.
Edward Lake
Edward, Lake,
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa
One of the great lakes. Located in the western branch of the Great Rift zone,
Uganda
and
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The border between the two countries. Formerly known as Lake Amin. It was formed by the collapse of a fault. It is about 77 kilometers long from north to south and 42 kilometers wide from east to west. The lake covers an area of 2300 square kilometers. The lake is 912 meters above sea level. The maximum depth is 117 meters. The shore is relatively flat and connected to Lake George by a canal to the northeast. The east and west sides of the lake shore are steep, and the north and south sides are mostly low plains. The lake abounds in fish. Lakeshore wildlife is protected.
One of the great lakes of the Rift Valley in western East Africa. It spans
Congo
(Gold) and
Uganda
The border, 912 metres (2,992 ft) above sea level, is 77 kilometres (48 mi) long and 42 kilometres (26 mi) wide. To the northeast it is joined by the smaller Lake George, which has a combined area of 2,500 square kilometres (970 square miles). After receiving the RuwenzoriRiver, Lake George flows through the 32 km (20 mi) long KazingaChannel to feed Lake Edward, while receiving the waters of the Rutshuru River (across the southern expanse)
plain
). The waters of Lake Edward flow northward through the SemlikiRiver
Albert Lake
(Also known after 1973
Lake Mobutu
LakeMobutuSeseSeko), whose outflow forms the Albert Nile.
Edward Lake
He was born in England.
Welsh
At the age of 15, he left home for a life at sea
America
Spend the rest of your life. He was adopted by John Morton Stanley, a wealthy businessman, and later adopted his adoptive father's surname. in
American Civil War
Stanley fought for the South. Later, he became a journalist.
In 1869, the newspaper where Stanley worked, The New York Herald, sent him to Africa to find a British explorer who had gone missing there
David Livingston
. He stopped in Egypt on the way, reported
Suez Canal
The opening of.
In March 1871, Stanley set out from Zanzibar, an island off the coast of present-day Tanzania, in search of Livingston. He walked west and finally arrived on November 10, 1871
Lake Tanganyika
Shore Ujiji found Livingston. Stanley went there three more times
Africa
To travel. From 1874 to 1877, he worked for
Lake Tanganyika
From here, follow the Lualaba River west. The river is connected to the vast Congo River. He followed the Congo River to the sea. From 1879 to 1884, he served
Belgium
King Leopold II's second expedition to Africa. Stanley founded the Congo Free State in the jungles of Central Africa. His last expedition to Africa took place between 1887 and 1889, this time in the service of Emin Pasha of Sudan.
Edward Lake
Lake Edward supports a productive fishing industry. The shores of Lake Edward in Congo (Kinshasa)
Virunga National Park
Inside, the Ugandan part of the lake is located
Queen Elizabeth
Rwenzori) National Park. Lake LakeKatwe, near the northeast shore of Lake Edward, is a salt-producing area located in a shallow crater in the Edward-George tributary of the Western Rift Valley.
Lake Edward is in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Edward Lake
If you look up from the heart of the beautiful lake on a fine day, you will see the snow-covered Rwenzori Mountain, more than 5,000 meters above sea level, standing proudly at the northwest boundary of heaven and earth.
Virunga National Park
Edward Lake
If visitors stay in the fishing village of Vichib on the lake, they will see a variety of fresh fish pulled up from the lake by local fishermen, including tilapia, golden bagrus and rich research value
African lungfish
Let's wait.
