As the species was already present, there were few objections when more Nile perch were transferred to Victoria to further bolster the stock in 1962—63 | taken from its bottom show Lake Victoria has dried up completely at least three times since it formed |
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Before the mass extinction that has occurred among the lake's cichlids in the last 50 years, about 90 percent of the native fish species in the lake were haplochromines | Native wildlife [ ] Mammals [ ] Many mammal species live in the region of Lake Victoria, and some of these are closely associated with the lake itself and the nearby wetlands |
Studies in East African Geography and Development.
Its shores are dotted with key cities and towns, including , , and in Kenya; , and Entebbe in Uganda; and Bukoba, , and in Tanzania | The lake has a shoreline of 7,142 km 4,438 mi when digitized at the 1:25,000 level, with islands constituting 3 |
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Environmental data [ ] As of 2016, an environmental data repository exists for Lake Victoria | Initially the population of the Nile perch was relatively low, but a drastic increase happened, peaking in the 1980s, followed by a decline starting in the 1990s |
Topographical map of Lake Victoria Geologically, Lake Victoria is relatively young at about 400,000 years old.
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