A shallow lake at over 3200 feet above sea level in central west Kenya, it is the home of the Kamasya and Njamus who raise cattle and crops and fish for tilapia. The lake covers about 50 square miles.
The Ashanti Region is located in southern Ghana and is one of the country’s most influential cultural and economic areas. Centered on the city of Kumasi, the region is known as the traditional homeland of the Ashanti people, whose history and institutions continue to shape local identity.
Lake Mburo National Park is a protected area in southwestern Uganda, situated between Kampala and the western highlands. It is centered on a chain of lakes and a landscape of rolling hills, open grassland, woodland, wetlands, and rocky outcrops. Lake Mburo is the largest of the park’s lakes and forms an important part of its ecosystem.
Divundu is a small settlement in northeastern Namibia, situated along the Kavango River near the western entrance to the Bwabwata National Park. The river creates a green corridor through a region otherwise dominated by dry woodland and sandy plains. Divundu is an important stopping point between Rundu and Katima Mulilo and serves as a gateway to several wildlife and cultural sites in the Kavango and Zambezi regions.
Everglades National Park protects a vast subtropical wetland at the southern tip of Florida, where freshwater moves slowly through sawgrass marshes, mangrove forests, hardwood hammocks, and coastal lagoons toward Florida Bay. Covering more than 1.5 million acres, it is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. The park is part of a much larger ecosystem whose waters originate in central and southern Florida and eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay