Record No.
MRB-2026-005990
Source of the World's Longest River
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Source of the Nile, Jinja
Uganda
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Uganda
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UG )
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Record Description
British explorer John Hanning Speke identified the point where the Nile River flows out of Lake Victoria at Jinja, Uganda, in 1862, resolving a long-standing geographical mystery over the source of the world's longest river. The site remains a major landmark and tourist attraction in Uganda today.
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