Europe learned about the existence of Lake Victoria, located in the depths of East Africa, in 1858. The English researcher D.H. Spike presented a report on his trip to Africa to members of the Royal Geographical Society. It was then that he named the lake in honor of the queen, and also suggested that the Nile River originated from this lake.

Lake Victoria and its environs are part of the Victoria National Park. It is located on the borders of three states: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Victoria is the largest lake on the continent. It feeds on the waters of rains and tributaries. Many large islands are on the island.

Lake Victoria is used for fishing, recreation and navigation. There are large ports here - Kisumu, Mwanza, Jinja and many small marinas for private fishing boats. The lake is the habitat for more than 200 species of fish. The most valuable catch here is the Nile perch, and on an industrial scale here are caught tilapia. However, you can not swim in the lake - it is teeming with crocodiles, and in addition, its waters are infected with schistosomiasis.

A significant part of the coast has strongly rugged and locally swampy slopes. Only in the south-western region the shore steeply leaves in height. Around the pond, the landscape is savannah, and the equatorial forest covers the northwest of the park with its evergreen cover. In the eastern region, gold mining and development of diamond deposits are conducted.

Victoria National Park combines various natural areas, and therefore in this area live animals of the rainforest and savannah. evergreen forest Kakamega provides shelter for various species of primates, reptiles, several hundred species of birds and butterflies. Here live mongooses, porcupines and antelopes.