Winam Gulf

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Winam Gulf is a northeastern extension of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, known for its rich fisheries and proximity to the city of Kisumu.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Winam Gulf canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gulf ⓘ
water body ⓘ
adjacentTo Kisumu ⓘ
borderedBy Homa Bay County ⓘ
linked to: Homa Bay District

Kisumu County ⓘ
Siaya County ⓘ
connectedTo main basin of Lake Victoria ⓘ
drainsInto Lake Victoria ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kavirondo Gulf ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCoastOn Lake Victoria ⓘ
hasEcologicalIssue overfishing ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
water hyacinth infestation ⓘ
hasEconomicImportanceFor Kisumu ⓘ
western Kenya ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Kavirondo Gulf ⓘ
hasInflow Kibos River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyando River ⓘ
Nzoia River ⓘ
Sondu Miriu River ⓘ
Yala River ⓘ
hasNearbyPort Port of Kisumu ⓘ
linked to: Kisumu
hasPrimaryLanguageRegion Luo language area ⓘ
hasShorelineUse agriculture ⓘ
port facilities ⓘ
urban settlement ⓘ
hasTourismActivity boat tours ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
isArmOf Lake Victoria ⓘ
isInDrainageBasin White Nile ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
fishing activities ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ
locatedIn Kenya ⓘ
locatedInCountry Kenya ⓘ
locatedInCounty Kisumu County ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Kenya ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
nearCity Kisumu ⓘ
opensTowards main Lake Victoria basin ⓘ
partOf East African Great Lakes system ⓘ
linked to: African Great Lakes

Lake Victoria ⓘ
Nile Basin ⓘ
usedFor commercial fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyando District → locatedOn → Winam Gulf ⓘ
Kisumu County → hasLakeShore → Winam Gulf ⓘ
Nyanza Province → contains → Winam Gulf ⓘ