Victoria Nile

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river tributary of the Nile

The Victoria Nile is the upper stretch of the Nile River system that flows northward from Lake Victoria through Uganda toward Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary of the Nile ⓘ
basinCountry Uganda ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans John Hanning Speke ⓘ
drainageBasin Nile Basin ⓘ
ecoregion Victoria Nile Delta wetlands ⓘ
flowsDirection northward ⓘ
flowsFrom Lake Victoria ⓘ
flowsThroughDistrict Jinja District ⓘ
Kayunga District ⓘ
Kiryandongo District ⓘ
Masindi District ⓘ
Nwoya District ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Central Region, Uganda ⓘ
Northern Region, Uganda ⓘ
flowsTo Lake Albert ⓘ
Lake Kyoga ⓘ
formsPartOf White Nile ⓘ
hasAverageDischarge variable, seasonally dependent ⓘ
hasBridge Nalubaale Bridge ⓘ
Source of the Nile Bridge ⓘ
hasDam Bujagali Hydropower Station ⓘ
Karuma Hydropower Station ⓘ
Nalubaale Power Station ⓘ
surface form: Kiira Power Station

Nalubaale Power Station ⓘ
hasProtectedAreaAlongCourse Murchison Falls National Park ⓘ
hasRapids Itanda Falls ⓘ
hasWaterfall Bujagali Falls ⓘ
Karuma Falls ⓘ
Murchison Falls ⓘ
Ripon Falls ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
length approximately 480 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
majorCityNearSource Jinja ⓘ
mouthLake Lake Albert ⓘ
partOf Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River system
passesThrough Jinja ⓘ
Karuma ⓘ
Murchison Falls National Park ⓘ
riverSystem Nile ⓘ
sourceLake Lake Victoria ⓘ
upstreamFrom White Nile ⓘ
surface form: Albert Nile
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Kyoga → hasInflow → Victoria Nile ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region
Lake Kyoga → hasOutflow → Victoria Nile ⓘ
White Nile → hasSectionName → Victoria Nile ⓘ
Lake Albert → inflow → Victoria Nile ⓘ
Lake Victoria → outflow → Victoria Nile ⓘ