| Ecosystem | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Type | Lake | ||||||||||||
| Salinity | freshwater | ||||||||||||
| Other Names | Victoria Nyanza (Ref. 6318) | ||||||||||||
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| Description | About 4 million years old; 2,760 km3 volume of water; about 270 endemic fish species; many fish depleted or extirpated after introduction of Nile perch. World's second largest freshwater lake (area) (Ref. 30553). | ||||||||||||
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| URL 1 | http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/afr/afr-05.html | ||||||||||||
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