LAKE SARE

Lake Sare is a lake in western Kenya that lies between the Yala Swamp and Lake Victoria. It has potential as a site for restocking fish species that have become endangered in Lake Victoria, but due to lack of management the lake ecology is steadily degrading.

Lake Sare was originally a gulf on Lake Victoria at the mouth of the Yala River where it left the Yala Swamp. The gulf has been cut off from the lake by a culvert, which created the 500 hectares (1,200 acres) Lake Sare through back-flooding.The river water enters Lake Victoria from Lake Sare through a channel crossed by a bridge that carries the C27 coastal highway along the Goye causeway.

Lake Sare is bordered by papyrus swamps, which merge into the Yala Swamp.The lake does not support commercial fishery due to lack of management, although that could change.With its direct link to Lake Victoria, it is important in preserving the cichlid fish fauna of Lake Victoria.It has potential as a site for juvenile endangered species of fish to grow before migrating into Lake Victoria.