Wamala lake

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Wamala lake
Lake Wamala.jpg
Geographical location Uganda , East Africa
Drain Kibimba → Lake Victoria
Location close to the shore Kampala
Data
Coordinates 0 ° 19 ′ 42 "  N , 31 ° 50 ′ 26"  E Coordinates: 0 ° 19 ′ 42 "  N , 31 ° 50 ′ 26"  E
Wamala Lake (Uganda)
Wamala lake

particularities

Natural lake

The Lake Wamala or Lake Wamala is a lake in the districts of Mubende , Mityana and Gomba in Uganda .

economy

Strongly represented fish species are Oreochromis niloticus , Clarias gariepinus and Protopterus aethiopicus . Fish production in the lake collapsed due to overfishing of 4,000–6,000 tonnes annually in the 1960s, with a peak of 7100 tonnes in 1967 in the 1970s and around 500 tonnes in the 1990s.