Lake Albert

E65005

African Great Lake lake rift lake

Lake Albert is one of Africa’s Great Lakes, lying on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo within the western branch of the East African Rift.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Albert canonical	21

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African Great Lake ⓘ lake ⓘ rift lake ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Albert Nyanza ⓘ
averageDepth	about 25 metres ⓘ
basinCountry	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
belongsToHydrologicalSystem	Nile ⓘ surface form: Nile River system
category	African Great Lakes ⓘ surface form: African Great Lakes system International lakes of Africa ⓘ Lakes of Uganda ⓘ Lakes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
connectedTo	Lake Edward via Semliki River ⓘ Lake Victoria via Victoria Nile ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryBorder	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
drainageBasin	Nile Basin ⓘ
elevation	about 615 metres above sea level ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	tectonic rifting ⓘ
inflow	Semliki River ⓘ Victoria Nile ⓘ
length	about 160 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Albertine Rift ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ East Africa ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
locatedOn	border of Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
majorUse	fishing ⓘ local water supply ⓘ transportation ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 51 metres ⓘ
namedAfter	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
outflow	White Nile ⓘ surface form: Albert Nile
partOf	East African Rift ⓘ western branch of the East African Rift ⓘ
region	East African Rift ⓘ surface form: Great Rift Valley
shoreCountry	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
surfaceArea	about 5300 square kilometres ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ
width	about 30 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Uganda → hasLakeShore → Lake Albert ⓘ

East African Rift → contains → Lake Albert ⓘ

Equatorial lakes region → contains → Lake Albert ⓘ

subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region

Victoria Nile → flowsTo → Lake Albert ⓘ

Victoria Nile → mouthLake → Lake Albert ⓘ

Rwenzori Mountains → nearbyLake → Lake Albert ⓘ

Murchison Falls National Park → bordersWaterBody → Lake Albert ⓘ

African Great Lakes → containsLake → Lake Albert ⓘ

Great Lakes peoples → associatedWith → Lake Albert ⓘ

Great Lakes Region of Africa → contains → Lake Albert ⓘ

Albertine Rift → contains → Lake Albert ⓘ

Rift Valley escarpments → borders → Lake Albert ⓘ

Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → contains → Lake Albert ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system

Albertine Rift Mountains → borders → Lake Albert ⓘ

Bahr el Jebel → downstreamFrom → Lake Albert ⓘ

Nile perch → nativeTo → Lake Albert ⓘ

Murchison Falls → upstreamFrom → Lake Albert ⓘ

Albert Nyanza → alsoKnownAs → Lake Albert ⓘ

Bunia → locatedNear → Lake Albert ⓘ

Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo → borderFeature → Lake Albert ⓘ

subject surface form: Uganda

Semliki River → mouth → Lake Albert ⓘ