copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-03-22): Covering a huge area of about 59,947 km2, Lake Victoria is the largest lake on the African continent and is also the biggest tropical lake in the world. It is one of the African Great Lakes and after Lake Superior in North America, it is the second-largest freshwater lake on Earth. The waters of Lake Victoria occupy a shallow depression and are centered around the East African Rift System. [...] The area of Lake Victoria is shared by the African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. About 49% of the lake falls under Tanzania, followed by 45% in Uganda and about 6% in Kenya. The lake has a catchment area of about 169,858 km2 and is the chief reservoir of the Nile River. [...] About 30 million people reside in the Lake Victoria region and depend on the lake waters for their sustenance. Fishing is a major economic activity of the people who reside along the shores of the lake. Some of the major towns and port-cities that are located along Lake Victoria are Jinja, Entebbe, and Kampala on the Ugandan side; Musoma, Mwanza, and Bukoba in Tanzania; and Kisumu, Kendu Bay, and Homa Bay on the lake’s Kenyan side. The Nalubaale Dam was constructed in 1952 on the Victoria Nile in Uganda for the generation of hydroelectric power. The Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station was constructed in 2002.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-10): Facts about Lake Victoria - Location: Lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya - Surface Area: 26,828 square miles - Maximum Depth: 80 to 84 m - Water Volume: 2,424 km3 - No. of islands: 1000 - Elevation: 1135m - Primary Outflow: White Nile Lake Victoria is located in Africa, sitting between Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. However, each country shares a different percentage of the lake’s surface area. 49% is in Tanzania, 45% is in Uganda, and 6% is in Kenya. Lake Victoria is special for being one of only two places in East Africa where it’s possible to watch the sunset over water without being on the coast! [...] Lake Victoria is nestled concavely between the western Albertine Rift and the eastern segment of the Great Rift Valley. Approximately 85% of the lake’s water inflow and 15% of its outflow are primarily attributed to evaporation and rainfall rather than river systems. Additionally, small streams from the Kagera River basin contribute water to the lake that is the largest river flowing into lake . The lake’s sole outlet is located near Jinja in Uganda, situated on the northern shore. These characteristics render Lake Victoria highly susceptible to climate fluctuations and variations in rainfall patterns.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-11-01): Lake Victoria is the largest inland lake in Africa and the largest tropical lake in the world. Covering an area of 68,800 square kilometers, this large African lake is located in Central Africa and is located in a former basin on the borders of three countries: Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. It is a lake inhabited by the Luo tribe, located in a shallow depression between the western and eastern Rift Valley. It is made up of several islands shared between the three countries. Lake Victoria was a strategic point in the history of Africa and the European colonization of this continent. It was Burton, and his assistant Speke, who first ventured to follow the routes of the slave traders to reach what was then the great historical challenge: knowing where the sources of the Nile were. Lake Victoria was formerly known as the lake Nyanza. John Speke, the first European to reach Lake Victoria in 1858, was the one who christened it Victoria in honor of the Queen of Great Britain. However, the great enigma of knowing where the Nile River was born had not yet been solved. It was not until after 3 years that Speke, with the help of another explorer (Grant), discovered that the Nile River was born in Jinja, territory of present Uganda. In 1890, with the rise of the European struggle for the African colonies, Great Britain and Germany divided Lake Victoria with the southern part for Germany and the northern part for Great Britain, until the independence of the different countries arrived: Uganda and Kenya decolonizing from England, and Tanzania, from Germany.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): The Lake Victoria basin is part of a plateau rising eastward from the lakeshore to the Rift highlands. The lower part, forming the lake basin proper, is itself a plateau area lying between 3,000 and 4,000 feet (900 and 1,200 metres) above sea level. The rolling grassland of this plateau is cut almost in half by the Kano Plain, into which an arm of the lake known as Winam Gulf (Kavirondo Gulf) extends eastward for 50 miles (80 km). The floor of the Kano Plain merges north and south into highlands characterized by a number of extinct volcanoes. These include Mount Elgon, rising to 14,178 feet (4,321 metres) at the Ugandan border on the extreme north of the basin. [...] There are no major groundwater basins, and, apart from the Tana River, most of the rivers in Kenya are short and often disappear during the dry season. Lake Victoria, with a surface area of 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km), is the largest lake in Africa, the second largest freshwater body in the world, and a major reservoir of the Nile River. Lake Rudolf, some 150 miles (240 km) long and 20 miles (30 km) wide, is the largest of the country’s Rift Valley lakes. Other lakes are rather small, and their surface areas fluctuate considerably.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-23): Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nnalubaale) is a lake in Africa. It is bordered and governed by the countries of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The lake is in the western part of Africa's Great Rift Valley. Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres (26,560 mi²) in size. It is Africa's largest lake, and the second largest fresh water lake in the world. It was named for Queen Victoria. The White Nile flows out of the lake.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-10-29): Lake Victoria is located in East Africa, bordered by three countries: Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. It serves as a major source of the Nile River and is a key component of the region’s ecosystem. Its strategic location makes it one of the most scenic places in Lake Victoria, attracting tourists from all over the world. [...] - Economic Importance: Lake Victoria plays a crucial role in the economies of the countries that border it – Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. It provides fish for millions of people and is a vital waterway for transport and trade. [...] Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, is bordered by three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Each of these countries has significant cities and towns located along the shores of the lake. Here are some of the biggest and most notable cities around Lake Victoria:
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-27): LAKE VICTORIA (KENYA , TANZANIA & UGANDA) [...] Plus, Lake Victoria offers its own varied collection of wildlife, befitting such a vast lake. On its shores and wetlands, you’ll find hippo, otter, reedbuck, Nile crocodile, and many varieties of turtles. Its colorful and busy world of avian life includes fish eagles, egrets, cormorants, and gannets. [...] At 59,947 sq. km (23,146 sq mi), Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh-water lake in the world, after Lake Superior, and the largest body of water in continental Africa.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Lake Victoria is a multi-national lake, bordered by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda [...] The Lake Victoria Advisory Group has members from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. [...] Lake Victoria is the largest African Great Lake by area, the world’s largest tropical lake, and the second largest fresh water body in the world. The lake has gone through major changes in biodiversity, and has been the site of the most development and conservation projects, both failures and successes, of all the African Great Lakes. Lake Victoria was formed about 400,000 years ago, and lies 1,134 m above sea level. It has a surface area of 68,800 km2, an average depth of 40 m, a maximum depth of 80 m, a volume of 2,760 km3, and a basin area of 195,000 km2, which extends to Rwanda and Burundi. The shoreline is shared by Kenya (6%), Uganda (43%), and Tanzania (51%). The Kagera, Katonga, Sio, Yala, Nyando, Sondu Miriu, and Mara rivers feed the lake and the River Nile carries water out of the lake.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-03-01): They give the example of the Omolo group among the Luo, which was initially considered Lang’o but later brought into the fold of Dholuo speaking group due to their acceptance of the Luo offer. This applies to the population movement that eventually created the societies in to the east of Lake Victoria, Kenya, in other words the way a group of strangers interacted with the new found group determined the collapse of or the building of boundaries. The collapse of such relations could lead either to war or to flight and this also happened to the east of Lake Victoria. However, whether in settlement, flight or war, each group tried to maintain their identity. The core concern of this paper is to examine the movement, settlement and the construction of society to the east of Lake Victoria among the Bantu Gusii and the Luyia and the Nilotic Luo on the eve of colonial rule. The map that is appended below clearly shows the area occupied by these people groups this region Gusii, Luyia and Luo in modern day Kenya. In colonial times, this area was all referred to as Nyanza, comprising North, Central and South Nyanza or Kavirondo districts.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-09-01): The cautious stance of Graham and Worthington found support in other quarters. Kenya fish warden Hugh Copley (1940) wrote that the question of a predatory fish in Lake Victoria is an interterritorial matter and any introduction should take place only after a most exhaustive and searching investigation. It has always been a worry to myself having [American] Black Bass in Lake Naivasha, for it is always possible some irresponsible person will take this fish and stock a dam having an outflow (possibly during the season of heavy rains) to some stream with an ultimate access to Lake Victoria, and thereby introducing a predatory fish whether it was advisable or not.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-03-13): The tiny island of Migingo on Lake Victoria has been at the centre of a territorial dispute between Kenya and Uganda for many years. The competing claims over its sovereignty have threatened to ignite the continent’s "smallest war" but they have also led to a diverse range of peacebuilding measures. [...] Kenya and Uganda’s territorial claims are largely motivated by their desire to control the lucrative fishing trade around the island. Over the years, fish stocks in Lake Victoria have become depleted through overfishing and environmental degradation. But in the deeper waters around Migingo Island, there are still plentiful stocks of fish such as Nile perch which command high prices in overseas markets. [...] In 2016, Kenya and Uganda finally agreed to form a joint task force that would see police from the two nations patrol the disputed island and their common border in Lake Victoria. This move was largely seen as a bid to end hostilities and assuage diplomatic suspicions. However, it did not take long before Ugandan authorities forcefully removed the Kenyan national flag that had been hoisted on the island.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-21): fresh water lake(s): Lake Victoria (shared with Tanzania and Uganda) - 62,940 sq km salt water lake(s): Lake Turkana (shared with Ethiopia) - 6,400 sq km [...] Geography - note the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers are found on Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest peak; unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value; Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and the second largest fresh water lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda [...] Waterways (2011) none specifically; the only significant inland waterway is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): The territory between the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria was soon named Kenya. To maximise British profits, several thousand white settlers were invited by the new colonial government and granted land and trading licences. The settlers concentrated in the fertile central highlands.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2013-08-02): Regenerating Rusinga Island (Lake Victoria, Kenya)
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-10-06): Malaria transmission and infection risk has decreased in Kenya and cases of the disease are generally not seen in high-elevation regions, such as Nairobi, due to the inability of mosquito vectors to survive at such altitudes. Low-elevation regions, however, such as the Lake Victoria basin and coastal regions along the Indian Ocean, still struggle with high rates of malaria transmission as they provide ideal breeding habitats for Anopheles mosquitoes10,11. Depending on the season, P. falciparum infection rates in the Lake Victoria basin can exceed 40% for those aged 2 to 10 years old12. Due to the size of Lake Victoria, and its location along three country borders with differing government policies concerning the implementation and funding of malaria control programmes, applying any targeted vector control in and around Lake Victoria has proven incredibly difficult4,11. There are multiple inhabited islands within the Kenyan territory of Lake Victoria, such as Mfangano island (population size 26,000) and Ngodhe island (population size 600–1000), which offer a unique opportunity to study malaria elimination strategies and changes in parasite genetic diversity. [...] Our analysis revealed that P. falciparum isolates from the Lake Victoria region of Kenya have distinct ancestral origins, with a high proportion tied to Central and East African lineages, and form a distinct sub-group within East Africa in population structure analyses. Known drug resistance biomarkers were observed in the Lake Victoria isolates at similar frequencies to those of East African parasite populations.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Lake Victoria Region – anchored around the 69,484 square km Lake Victoria, the largest of its kind in Africa and the main reservoir for the Nile – covers the eastern parts of Uganda, the northern areas of Tanzania, and the western areas of Kenya. This region has many rock art sites. However, and for the purpose of the intended inscription, a specific number of sites from the Lake Victoria Region have been identified: 24 in Uganda (six at the Dolwe Island and 18 within the Kumi District), three in Kenya (Mfagano Island has two sites – Kwitone and Mawanga – and the Kakapel shelter), and 46 in Tanzania (four at Bukoba, 24 at Muleba, two at Mwanza, nine at Bukoba District, and seven at Musoma). All these sites are found on granite outcrops. Among the motifs found within all these rock art sites are the large and red geometric finger-painted shapes connected with fertility and potency among the Pygmy hunter-gatherers (Namono, 2010a, 2010b, 2011, 2012; see Chaplin 1974; Mabulla 2005; Namono 2010b; Hollman 2017).
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Lake Victoria, largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya. Its area is 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km). Among the freshwater lakes of the world, it is exceeded in size only by Lake Superior in North America. It is an irregular quadrilateral in shape, and its shores, save on the west, are deeply indented. Its greatest length from north to south is 210 miles (337 km), its greatest breadth 150 miles (240 km). Its coastline exceeds 2,000 miles (3,220 km). Its waters fill a shallow depression in the centre of the great plateau that stretches between the Western and Eastern Rift Valleys. (See East African Rift System.) The lake’s surface is 3,720 feet (1,134 metres) above sea level, and its greatest ascertained depth is 270 feet (82 metres). Many archipelagos are contained within the lake, as are numerous reefs, often just below the surface of the clear waters. Lake Victoria has more than 200 species of fish, of which the Tilapia is the most economically important. The lake’s basin area covers 92,240 square miles (238,900 square km).
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-02-18): Kenya and Uganda both claim the tiny island as their territory. Migingo island, Lake Victoria – A round rock crammed with corrugated metal shacks rises out of Lake Victoria right at the border between Kenya and Uganda. The deep waters that surround it are rich with fish. [...] As human settlement began to swell on the rocky island, Kenya and Uganda decided to create a joint committee to determine the border in 2016, relying on maps dating from the 1920s. However, nothing has come of the committee. In the meantime, the island is co-managed by both countries but tensions occasionally flare up with some local fishermen calling it Africa’s "smallest war".
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2014-03-21): Kenya is located in East Africa. Its terrain rises from a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean to mountains and plateaus at its center. Most Kenyans live in the highlands, where Nairobi, the capital, sits at an altitude of 5,500 feet (1,700 meters). West of Nairobi the land descends to the Great Rift Valley, a 4,000-mile (6,400-kilometer) tear in the Earth's crust. Within this valley in the deserts of northern Kenya are the jade-green waters of famous Lake Turkana. [...] Kenya's location between the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria means that people from all over Africa and the Middle East have traveled and traded across it for centuries. This has created a diverse culture with many ethnic groups and languages.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-26): The rising water levels in Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, have significant environmental, social, and economic impacts on the surrounding regions. Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world with a lake surface area of 68,000 km2 and a total basin area of 250,000 km2. The lake is shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with only 6% of the surface area of the lake within the Kenyan territory, while Tanzania and Uganda have 51% and 43% respectively, while Lake Victoria basin is shared by five counties namely; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Objectives: The key objectives of this article are to highlight the historical trends along the Lake Victoria River basin, the rising/falling water levels, the climate projections both at regional and national, the physical, environmental, social, and economic impacts of the rising water levels and key recommendations to mitigate any such future risks as a result of the floods.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Republic of the Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (1999-07-26): Upon leaving the Chenal, the Congo divides into two branches, forming Malebo Pool, a vast lacustrine area about 15 by 17 miles (24 by 27 km), which marks the end of the middle Congo. Immediately downstream occur the first waterfalls of the final section of the river’s course. Cataracts and rapids are grouped into two series, separated by a fairly calm central reach, in which the elevation drops from a little less than 900 feet (275 metres) to a few yards above sea level. The Congo’s estuary begins at Matadi, downstream from the rapids that close off the interior Congo; 83 miles (134 km) in length, it forms the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At first the estuary is narrow—less than half a mile to about a mile and a half in width—with a central channel 65 to 80 feet (20 to 24 metres) deep, but it widens downstream of Boma. There the river, obstructed by islands, divides into several arms, and in some places the depth does not exceed 20 to 25 feet (6 to 7.5 metres), which makes dredging necessary to allow oceangoing vessels to reach Matadi.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Republic of the Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-03): The existence of two countries named "Congo"—the Republic of the Congo (capital: Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital: Kinshasa)—is primarily the result of colonial history, where different European powers colonized adjacent regions in Central Africa and named them after the Congo River. [...] - French Congo (now Republic of the Congo): The area on the north side of the Congo River was claimed by France and became known as the French Congo (part of French Equatorial Africa). It eventually became the Republic of the Congo, with its capital in Brazzaville. - Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo): The area on the south side of the Congo River was claimed by Belgium. This territory became known as the Congo Free State, a personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium, and later became the Belgian Congo. It eventually became the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with its capital in Kinshasa.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Republic of the Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-05-27): The Congo River Basin, covering an area of 1,335,000 square miles (3,457,000 square km), occupies almost the entire territory of the African country as well as most of the countries that make up the Republics of Africa. (see article: Rio Salado). [...] The estuary of the Congo begins in Matadi, downstream of the rapids that close the interior of the Congo. The length of the Congo River is 134 miles (134 km) and it forms the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (see article: Loire River). [...] In which continent is the Congo River found? The Congo is an important navigation system in Africa. Only within the territorial limits of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there are some 8,700 miles (14,000 km) of waterways.