Lake Katwe is a crater lake situated inside Queen Elizabeth national park, an internationally important area of savannah that is home to a wide range of species.
Lake Katwe is a crater lake situated inside Queen Elizabeth national park, an internationally important area of savannah that is home to a wide range of species. Several streams drain into the lake, but it has no outlet, so intense evaporation during the dry seasons leads to the water becoming extremely salty. Extraction of the salt from Lake Katwe is done by hand by both men and women and involves standing waist or chest deep in water for hours at a time. The air is infused with the bad egg smell of hydrogen sulfide gas and traces of ammonia.
