The physiography of the river Nile and is basin . tl \. J>- ;:$» Km. M 40 M SO ro —I—I—I— THE LAKE PLATEAU BASIN. — lo — the Victoria Nile, which at lake Choga alK)ut 1U()5 metres above thesea; below this the Victoria Nile falls at first gently, then rapidly, tothe Albert lake, which is at an altitude of about 700 metres. To thenorth-east mount Eljion rises as an isolated volcanic mass to a heightof 4600 metres, and the western wall of the valley in which lakesBariiimi and Naivasha lie reaches the height of 2500 metres above sealevel ; but to the south of the Mau plateau there ext
The physiography of the river Nile and is basin . tl \. J>- ;:$» Km. M 40 M SO ro —I—I—I— THE LAKE PLATEAU BASIN. — lo — the Victoria Nile, which at lake Choga alK)ut 1U()5 metres above thesea; below this the Victoria Nile falls at first gently, then rapidly, tothe Albert lake, which is at an altitude of about 700 metres. To thenorth-east mount Eljion rises as an isolated volcanic mass to a heightof 4600 metres, and the western wall of the valley in which lakesBariiimi and Naivasha lie reaches the height of 2500 metres above sealevel ; but to the south of the Mau plateau there extends a roUmg oi)encountry Avliich only rarely reaches 1750 metres (as at the head watersof the Siniiyu river), and usually varies between 1200 and 1400 metresuntil near the mounbiin ridge above lake Tanganika, in which thesources of the Kagera river are situated. The western part of the basinis rather higher, ranging from 1400 to 1000 metres and Iisingoccasionally to more than 2000 metres. Further north some of thepeaks of the Ruwenzori range are believed to reach 5500 metres, butwith the exception of this liill
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