Lake Kyoga

E65092
freshwater lake lake shallow lake

Lake Kyoga is a large, shallow freshwater lake in central Uganda that forms part of the Nile River system and supports important fisheries, wetlands, and local transportation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Kyoga canonical 9
Lake Kyoga basin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
shallow lake ⓘ
averageDepth about 3 metres ⓘ
basinCountry Uganda ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
drainageBasin White Nile ⓘ
surface form: White Nile basin
elevation about 1033 metres above sea level ⓘ
about 3390 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasFeature extensive wetlands ⓘ
numerous islands ⓘ
hasFishSpecies Nile perch ⓘ
catfish ⓘ
tilapia ⓘ
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic extensive seasonal flooding of surrounding wetlands ⓘ
highly fluctuating water levels ⓘ
hasInflow Victoria Nile ⓘ
hasIsland Kaberamaido area islands ⓘ
hasOutflow Victoria Nile ⓘ
hasShorelineType swampy shores ⓘ
hasVegetation floating vegetation mats ⓘ
papyrus swamps ⓘ
water hyacinth ⓘ
locatedIn Central Region, Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Central Uganda
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Eastern Region of Uganda ⓘ
Northern Region, Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Northern Region of Uganda
locatedOnRiver Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
maximumDepth about 5.7 metres ⓘ
nearCity Lira ⓘ
Nakasongola ⓘ
Soroti ⓘ
partOf African Great Lakes ⓘ
surface form: East African Great Lakes region (broadly defined)

Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River system
supports fisheries ⓘ
local transportation ⓘ
subsistence fishing communities ⓘ
wetland ecosystems ⓘ
surfaceArea about 1720 square kilometres ⓘ
about 660 square miles ⓘ
threatenedBy invasive species ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
siltation ⓘ
water hyacinth infestation ⓘ
usedFor inland water transport ⓘ
small-scale commercial fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Uganda → hasLakeShore → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
Equatorial lakes region → contains → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region
Victoria Nile → flowsTo → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
African Great Lakes → containsLake → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
Nile perch → introducedTo → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
Busoga sub-region → borders → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
Karuma Falls → downstreamFrom → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
Soroti → locatedNear → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
Eastern Region of Uganda → containsPartOf → Lake Kyoga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Kyoga basin
Eastern Region of Uganda → hasWaterBody → Lake Kyoga ⓘ