Uganda's Lake Kyoga water level rises a meter in 3 years

Xinhua News Agency | December 4, 2002 | Copyright

Uganda's Lake Kyoga water level rises a meter in 3 years

KAMPALA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Water level of Lake Kyoga in central Ugandan has risen a meter in the past three years and has submerged 375 square km of surrounding land due to the blockage of its outlets, a senior official from the Directorate of Water Development (DWD) has said.

Senior DWD hydrologist Jackson Twinomujuni was quoted by local daily the New Vision on Wednesday as saying that the rise has been caused by the floating islands which were loosened by the 1997/98 El- Nino rains that blocked the lake outlet near Masindi ...

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