Lake Albert
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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.
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 (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Equatorial Lakes region