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MV Bukoba was a Tanzanian passenger ferry operating on Lake Victoria between ports in Tanzania. It capsized near Mwanza on 21 May 1996 while carrying far more passengers than could be reliably accounted for, and roughly 800 people are estimated to have died. The disaster exposed the lethal consequen...
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Major Lake Victoria ferry disaster with high casualties, but limited global visibility.
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Lake Eildon is a major artificial reservoir located in the Victorian Alps of Victoria, Australia. It was formed by the construction of the Eildon Dam on the Goulburn River, which was completed in 1955. The reservoir serves critical purposes for the surrounding region, including the irrigation of agr...
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Major Victorian reservoir and recreation lake; useful and popular regionally, but artificial and not globally distinctive.
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