Lake Victoria

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Lake Victoria is a vast freshwater lake in East Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, and is renowned as the world’s largest tropical lake and a vital regional resource.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf African Great Lake
freshwater lake
lake
averageDepth approximately 40 meters
basinCountry Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
borderedByCountry Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
climateZone tropical
continent Africa
drainageBasin Nile Basin
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 1134 meters
hasIsland Buvuma Island
Ssese Islands
Ukerewe Island
inflow Kagera River
multiple smaller rivers and streams
invasiveSpecies Nile perch
water hyacinth
isSourceOf White Nile
locatedIn East Africa
locatedOnPlateau East African Plateau
majorFishSpecies Nile perch
Nile tilapia
haplochromine cichlids
maximumDepth approximately 80 meters
namedAfter Queen Victoria
nearCity Entebbe
Kisumu
Mwanza
outflow Victoria Nile
partOf African Great Lakes region
rankByArea largest lake in Africa
second-largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area
world’s largest tropical lake
supportsActivity fishing
hydropower generation
irrigation
transportation
surfaceArea approximately 68800 square kilometers
threat eutrophication
invasive species
overfishing
pollution
usedFor commercial fisheries
domestic water supply
regional trade
subsistence fishing
waterType freshwater


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