| Reference | Location | Land cover type | Type of water body | Agriculture | Human settlement | River | Savannah | Swamp | Others |
| [41] | Benin | Small scale | | | Yes | | | — | [32] | Cameroon | Yes | | Yes | | | | Small water bodies, cattle footprints | [42] | Cameroon | Cropland | | | Yes | | Deciduous woodland | — | [43] | Malawi | Small scale | | | | | Shrub and grassland | — | [18] | Kenya, Tanzania | | Yes | Yes | | Yes | | Swamps, vegetated (grass) stream and river edges, and vegetated pools | [10] | Kenya | — | Large, semipermanent with aquatic vegetation and algae | | | | | | [28] | Tanzania | | | Yes | | | | Ephemeral river channels | [11] | Kenya | | | | | | Highlands | Streams, drainage ditch habitats | [27] | Kenya | — | Shaded water | | | | | | [12] | Ethiopia | Irrigated landscape | | | | | | Puddles of lowland dam, and irrigation canals | [21, 22] | Kenya | | | | | Yes | Grass cover | Swamps, drainage ditches, and abandoned gold mines | [19] | Mozambique | | | | | Yes | | Swamps with reed grass | [17, 44] | Kenya | | | | | Yes | Pasture | Swamps and permanent water bodies | [45] | Kenya | — | Stream pools | | | | | | [13] | Tanzania | Rice and maize | Yes | Yes | | | | Small spring-fed pools, medium-sized semipermanent natural ponds, slow-moving water along river tributaries | [20] | Kenya | Yes | | | | Cultivated | | — | [46] | Zimbabwe | Small-scale farming along rivers (maize, bananas, and yams) | | Yes | Tropical savannah | | Sparse woodland | Irrigation canals, marshes, and shallow wells | [47] | Eritrea | | Yes | | | | | Streams | [48] | Nigeria | Farmland | Yes | | | | | Nonmoving water bodies, cemented reservoirs, rice farms, ponds, pools, and overhead tanks |
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