Country and Regional Data Sources



East African Region/Lake Victoria Region		Source

	Map Centre for East Africa - Many differernt maps	ReliefWeb
	Map of region - Political Boundaries	ReliefWeb
	Region Roads	ReliefWeb
	Recent Rainfall in East Africa	ReliefWeb
	Population Distribution 1960 & 1970
	Population Density
	Soil Types
	Drainage Basins
	Elevations
	Lake Victoria Region - Forests	WCMC
	Lake Victoria Region - Protected Areas	WCMC
	Lake Victoria - Forests and Protected Areas - Detailed Data	WCMC
	Lake Victoria Region - Wetlands	WCMC
	Lake Victoria Conservation Data Page	WCMC
	Lake Victoria - General Information	WCMC
	Lake Victoria Species	WCMC
	Satellite Images (new Window - graphics intensive - large images)
	Vegetation Changes in 1992/93 (Images in new Window)	USAID)


Other Regional WWW Sites
	Satellite Images, Digital Maps, etc from the Africa Data Dissemination Service (ADDS)	ADDS
	Download PC software for viewing maps and data	ADDS
	Select Satellite images by Location	ADDS
	Detailed Agricultural Statistics	ADDS
	Detailed Precipitation data	ADDS
	Select Digital Map Data by Coverage	ADDS
	African Regional Centre for Computing
	Greater Horn Information Exchange
	USGS - Horn of Africa project -
	Satellite Image of Horn of Africa with Lake Victoria
	Satellite Active Archive -	NOAA
	US - Greater Horn of Africa Initiative
	Natural Resources and population
	Climate Variability and "Greeness"
	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) maps (new Window)
	Vegetation Changes in 1992/93 (Images in new Window using frames)	USAID
	Africa Data Dissemination Service


Africa and the World - Maps and Data

	Africa - Elevation - Medium Size - New Window	USGS
	Africa - Elevation - Large Size - New Window	USGS

	World Population Density - New Window	CIESIN/NCGIA