The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . orts of Canadian Pacific(Government) Surveys (1872-1880); Reports of Committee of Adv. Science on Tribes (1884-1895); Lord, Naturalistin Vancouver Island (London, 1866); Bering Sea Arbitration (re-print of letters to Times), (London, 1893); Report of Bering SeaCommission (London, Government, I8p2); A. M6tin, La ColonibieBritannigue (Paris, 1908). See also various works of reference underCanada. (G. M. D.; M. St J.; F. D. A.) BRITISH EAST AFRICA, a term, in its widest sense, includin
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . orts of Canadian Pacific(Government) Surveys (1872-1880); Reports of Committee of Adv. Science on Tribes (1884-1895); Lord, Naturalistin Vancouver Island (London, 1866); Bering Sea Arbitration (re-print of letters to Times), (London, 1893); Report of Bering SeaCommission (London, Government, I8p2); A. M6tin, La ColonibieBritannigue (Paris, 1908). See also various works of reference underCanada. (G. M. D.; M. St J.; F. D. A.) BRITISH EAST AFRICA, a term, in its widest sense, includingall the territory under British influence on the eastern side ofAfrica between German East Africa on the south and Abyssiniaand the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on the north. It comprisesthe protectorates of Zanzibar, Uganda and East Africa. Apartfrom a narrow belt of coastland, the continental area belongsalmost entirely to the great plateau of East Africa, rarely fallingbelow an elevation of 2000 ft., while extensive sections rise to aheight of 6000 to 8000 ft. From the coast lowlands a series of. BRITISH EAST AFRICA Capital of ProteotamtgCapitah of PnvtnaeaPailuratit. .„ LonKitudo E. 36 of Greenwich steps with intervening plateaus leads to a broad zone of highground remarkable for the abundant traces of volcanic broad upland is furrowed by the eastern rift-vaUey,formed by the subsidence of its floor and occupied in parts bylakes without outlet. Towards the west a basin of lower eleva-tion is partially occupied by Victoria Nyanza, drained northto the Nile, while still farther inland the ground again rises toa second volcanic belt, culminating in the Ruwenzori range.(See Zanzibar, and for Uganda protectorate see Uganda.)The present article treats of the East Africa protectorate only. Topography.—The southern frontier, coterminous with thenorthern frontier of German East Africa, nms north-west fromthe mouth of the Umba river in 4° 40 S. to Victoria Nyanza,which it str
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