Nile Equatorial Lakes region

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river basin sub-region sub-basin of the Nile River system

The Nile Equatorial Lakes region is a sub-basin of the Nile River system encompassing the equatorial Great Lakes and their surrounding countries in East and Central Africa, serving as a crucial source of the White Nile’s headwaters.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
White Nile Basin	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river basin sub-region ⓘ sub-basin of the Nile River system ⓘ
abbreviatedAs	NEL NERFINISHED ⓘ NEL region NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedByCountry	Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	high rainfall variability ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
cooperativelyManagedBy	Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinationUnitLocatedIn	Kigali NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainsInto	White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
facesIssue	catchment deforestation ⓘ climate change impacts ⓘ land degradation ⓘ water pollution ⓘ wetland loss ⓘ
governedBy	Nile Basin Initiative NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAdministrativeBody	Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program Coordination Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	African Great Lakes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Edward NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Kyoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrologicallyConnectedTo	Sudd wetlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor	biodiversity conservation ⓘ fisheries ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ navigation ⓘ regional hydropower development ⓘ
includesCountry	Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Africa ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRiver	Albert Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ Kagera River NERFINISHED ⓘ Katonga River NERFINISHED ⓘ Malagarasi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Semliki River NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Nile Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ White Nile sub-basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceOf	White Nile headwaters NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program Coordination Unit → operatesInRegion → Nile Equatorial Lakes region ⓘ

Nile Basin → hasPart → Nile Equatorial Lakes region ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Nile Basin