15. Lake Victoria (repaired)

In the middle of September, on a clear morning, the morning sun is dewed, the soft light is sprinkled on the earth, the breeze is frivolous, and the withered yellow grass sways with the wind.

In the dry season, water is the most important thing for herbivores and carnivores, they follow the bird's flight trajectory to find the water source, but be careful when drinking water, every water source that does not dry up has the presence of crocodiles.

The Nile crocodile is the largest crocodile in Africa and is the most studied crocodile of all crocodile species. They are mainly found in the Nile River basin and southeastern regions of Africa. It is also found on the island of Madagascar. They will prey on antelopes, zebras, buffalo, etc., and can even hunt hippos, lions.

The Nile crocodile is very large, with a body length of 2-6 meters, and the average length of the largest subspecies is 3.7 meters.

The fourth tooth of the Nile crocodile protrudes outwards from a V-shaped depression in the upper jaw. There are 5 premaxillary teeth, 13-14 maxillary teeth, 14-15 maxillary teeth, and their total number is 64-68. The Nile crocodile is very strong and has a powerful tail that helps in swimming. Adult Nile crocodiles weigh 225-1000 kg.

Juvenile Nile crocodiles are dark yellowish-brown with distinct transverse stripes on the body and tail.

The trunk of the Nile crocodile has a sturdy thick-scaled 6-8 column on the dorsal side, and the outer sides of the limbs have serrated margins and webbed between the toes.

Nile crocodiles have strong environmental adaptability and can survive in lakes, rivers, freshwater swamps, and saltwater areas. They usually use their mouths and feet to dig burrows, thus modifying their habitat habits to avoid unfavorable living conditions.

Nile crocodiles prefer to live in water, but many parts of Africa have dry and rainy seasons. During the dry season, a large number of animals die due to lack of water. To escape such unfavorable living conditions, Nile crocodiles often use their mouths and feet to dig burrows in the riverbank. During the dry season, the Nile crocodile hides underground until the next rainy season.

After Yang Wu left the lions, he spent a week patrolling around the territory of the lions, and he smelled the scent left by the lion father, and he did not destroy these places that had scents.

Because this can warn other wandering male lions, these scents contain the body information of the lion king, the lion father is strong and young, and the presence of the scent makes ordinary wandering male lions dare not easily set foot in the territory of the lion pack.

After inspecting the territory, he didn't find any threat, and the big stone in Yang Wu's heart also fell to the ground, and he could finally verify his speculation with peace of mind.

Yang Wu speculated that if this is the African savannah, then it must be the Serengeti savannah! Because only here is the rainy season from November to May.

So if this is the Serengeti savannah, and the northwest is Lake Victoria, Yang Wu wants to go and see, if so, then that's right, guess is right, Yang Wu will have the opportunity to meet his parents.

"You must find a way to contact your parents!" Yang Wu secretly made up his mind in his heart.

Located in the East African highlands, Lake Victoria was named after Queen Victoria when British explorers John Hanning Speke and Grant visited the area from 1860 to 1863 to investigate the source of the Nile.

The lake is located between the Great Rift Valley and its western branch, in the northern part of the shallow and wide basin between the rift valleys, and the lake basin is formed by a depression in the ground, so the origin of Lake Victoria is completely different from that of other large lakes on the East African plateau.

Lake Victoria is located on the East African plateau, in the east-central part of Africa, most of the lake is in Tanzania and Uganda, and is the boundary lake between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful place in the world and is the largest freshwater lake in Africa.

The equator runs through the north and is formed by a depression basin. With an area of 69,484 square kilometers, it is the second largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior in North America. The lake area is an irregular quadrilateral, the longest is 337 kilometers from north to south, the widest is 240 kilometers from east to west, the shoreline is more than 3,220 kilometers long, the altitude is 1,134 meters, the average water depth is 40 meters, and the maximum known depth is 82 meters.

Lake Victoria is home to more than 200 species of fish, and sea bass and tilapia are abundant in the lake. Tilapia (also known as Wuguo fish) is the most economically valuable.

The Kagera River is the largest and most important river that flows into the lake, at 1 degree south latitude to the north on the west side of the lake. Another famous river that flows into Lake Victoria from the west side is the Katanga River on the north side of the Kagera River. The lake's only outlet is the Victoria Nile, which flows from the north shore.

The gradual increase in the water level of Lake Victoria was completed in 1954 as a result of the construction of the Owen Falls Dam on the Victoria Nile River in Jinja, Uganda. This dam provides a lot of electricity and makes the lake a large reservoir.

The landscape around the shores of the lake is varied. The southwest bank has a 90-metre (300-foot) high cliff, and to the west is a swamp of papyrus and ambachi trees, which belongs to the delta of the Kagera River. The north shore is winding but flat and bare, with a long and narrow waterway leading to Kavelandor Bay, which is about 25 kilometers wide on average and extends 64 kilometers east to Kenyaki Sumu. Uganda's Kampala and Enderby are located on the North Shore. The southeast corner has Speke Bay, and the southwest corner is Emin Pasha Bay.

The largest of the islands is Ukereve, north of Spek Bay, with tree-covered hills 200 metres (650 ft) above the lake. In the northwest corner, there are 62 islands in the Sesi archipelago, some of which are scenic.

Lake Victoria has many island groups and reefs, with an island area of nearly 6,000 square kilometers, of which Ukereve Island is the largest, 200 meters above the lake, and the island is densely populated and covered with trees. The southwest shore has 90-meter-high cliffs, and the north shore is flat and bare. The shoreline of the lake is tortuous, with a shoreline of more than 7,000 kilometers, and it is a good harbor. The catchment area is about 200,000 square kilometers. The only outlet of the lake is the Victorian Nile on the north bank, where the Liben Falls are formed, with a discharge of 600 cubic meters per second, and the famous Nile tributary, the White Nile, originates here. The huge body of water plays a significant role in regulating the climate of the lake area, and the lake area is prone to thunderstorms, which affect the west shore of the lake under the impetus of the prevailing easterly airflow in the lower atmosphere, making it a famous rainy area in East Africa. In three countries, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, industries are still in their infancy, and the lake water is not polluted by industry. Almost every day, there is a blue sky and white clouds overhead, the lake is rippling, the coastal area is lush with vegetation, flowers are in full bloom, and the air is fresh.

Yang Wu moved in the direction of his memory, and now he already had a ninety percent chance of knowing where he was, and this time he went to verify it only to dispel the ten percent impossibility.

It is only a few hundred kilometers away from Lake Victoria, which is not very far for Yang Wu, and he doesn't care much about what kind of scenery he will encounter on the road and how many lions will cross the territory.