caption: a few highlights on lake victoria
exif: {"Image DocumentName": "A few highlights on Lake Victoria", "Image ImageDescription": "5 countries drain into the Lake = the East Africa Community (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania\u2026 and Rwanda, Burundi) Young Lake with shallow and relatively small, but densely populated basin: Delicate hydrological balance \u2013 climate signal translates quickly into lake levels. Very sensitive to land-use (run-off, siltation) and management of hydropower (Lake dip in 2007 that stranded ports and raw water intakes: 50% man-made / 50% climate) Still incomplete picture of dynamics and water quality of the of the Lake. Economic importance in fisheries, transport: Darwin\u2019s nightmare (fish species), water hyacinth (clogging, disease) Approx. 40 million people live and pollute in the Basin. The region is in the grip of continuing drought. Very high poverty levels and numbers of child headed households \u2013 AIDS, outbreaks of cholera etc. Stephen Hart European Investment Bank.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}