LAKE VICTORIA BASIN

while 73 per cent are seasonal swamp. The largest wetlands are found in the Mara and Kagera River Basins (Lake Victoria Basin Commission 2007). The wetlands in Uganda are categorized as swamp, swamp forest and zones with impeded drainage. They include areas of seasonally flooded grasslands and swamp forest such as Sango Bay; and permanently flooded papyrus, grass swamp and upland bog. Most wetlands in the country fall into two broad categories: those associated with lakes (lacustrine) – which are often permanently flooded – and those that lie along rivers. These include wetlands that border Berkeley (on the Kenya-Uganda border), Macdonald and Hannington Bay, and Napoleon Gulf; as well as Murchison, Waiya and Bunjako Bay. The Katonga Wetlands also cover a large area and the islands of Kalangala have extensive fringes of wetlands. Lacustrine wetlands are often permanently flooded (Lake Victoria Basin Commission 2007).

Kagera river

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