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Geography for Secondary Schools
Student’s Book Form One

Lake Superior in North America is the world’s largest fresh water lake followed by Lake
Victoria in East Africa. Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest fresh water lake in the world
followed by Lake Tanganyika found in Tanzania.

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Figure 4.9: Major rivers and lakes in Tanzania

Exercise 4.3 Activity 4.5

1. Assume that you are to organise (a) Choose one major water body in
an African festival about lakes and Africa with regard to Tanzania and
rivers of Tanzania. What activities and East Africa.
cultural events would you include to (b) Prepare information cards or posters
showcase the importance of lakes and of such a water body, including
rivers to local people? the name of the water body and
2. If Tanzania did not have major inland interesting feature or characteristics
water bodies, what could have been of the water body, and thereafter
the disadvantages? illustrate the water body on the card
3. Suggest possible alternative sources of or poster.
water that could be used in the absence (c) Explain how oceans interact with
of major inland water bodies. other water bodies on the planet
Earth.

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