Ripon Falls

E295539
former waterfall waterfall

Ripon Falls is a former major waterfall on the Victoria Nile in Uganda, historically regarded as one of the sources of the Nile River before being submerged by the Owen Falls Dam.

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Label Occurrences
Ripon Falls canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former waterfall ⓘ
waterfall ⓘ
associatedExplorer John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Samuel White Baker ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
disappearedDueTo construction of Owen Falls Dam ⓘ
discoveredInYear 1862 ⓘ
discoveryByEuropeans John Hanning Speke ⓘ
elevation about 1134 metres above sea level ⓘ
formerNameLanguage English ⓘ
geologicalType cataract waterfall ⓘ
hasCurrentCondition area inundated by reservoir of Owen Falls Dam ⓘ
historicallyRegardedAs source of the Nile ⓘ
historicalSignificance important landmark in colonial-era geography of East Africa ⓘ
key site in exploration of the Nile ⓘ
hydrologicalRole outlet of Lake Victoria into the Victoria Nile ⓘ
locatedEastOf Kampala ⓘ
locatedIn Uganda ⓘ
locatedInBasin Nile Basin ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Region of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Region, Uganda
locatedNear Jinja ⓘ
locatedOnWaterBody Lake Victoria ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Victoria Nile ⓘ
mouthOfRiver Victoria Nile ⓘ
namedAfter George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon ⓘ
surface form: George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
namedBy John Hanning Speke ⓘ
nameOrigin named in honour of the Marquess of Ripon ⓘ
nearbyCity Jinja ⓘ
partOf Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River system
partOfHistoricalDebate search for the source of the Nile ⓘ
relatedStructure Nalubaale Power Station ⓘ
Owen Falls Dam ⓘ
riverSystem Nile ⓘ
status no longer visible as a waterfall ⓘ
submerged ⓘ
submergedBy Owen Falls Dam ⓘ
submergedSince 1950s ⓘ
wasConsidered one of the sources of the Nile River ⓘ
wasKeyReferencePointFor 19th-century European exploration of East Africa ⓘ
wasMajorWaterfallOn Victoria Nile ⓘ
wasTouristAttraction yes ⓘ
watercourseContinuesAs Victoria Nile ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victoria Nile → hasWaterfall → Ripon Falls ⓘ