Lake Victoria

E6869
African Great Lake freshwater lake lake

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lake Victoria canonical 103
Lake Victoria basin 3
Great African Lake 1

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Nile ⓘ
surface form: White Nile
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
locatedOnPlateau East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: 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 East Africa ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (110)

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

Africa → hasLargestLake → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Uganda → hasLakeShore → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kenya → lake → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → hasMajorLake → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Tanzania → hasLake → Lake Victoria ⓘ
East Africa → contains → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kigoma → waterbodyType → Lake Victoria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great African Lake
Sukuma people → geographicProximity → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kampala → near → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Entebbe → locatedOn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Entebbe → isOnShoreOf → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kagera River → mouth → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kagera River → flowsInto → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kagera River → majorTributaryOf → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kagera River → dischargesInto → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Mwanza → locatedOn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Mwanza → locatedIn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Victoria basin
Mwanza → waterBody → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kisumu → locatedOn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kisumu → waterBody → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Geita Region → borders → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Geita Region → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Luo people → majorLake → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Rachuonyo District → locatedNear → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Equatorial lakes region → contains → Lake Victoria ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region
Ssese Islands → locatedIn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Ssese Islands → waterBody → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Ukerewe Island → locatedIn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Ukerewe Island → bodyOfWater → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Victoria Nile → flowsFrom → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Victoria Nile → sourceLake → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Buvuma Island → locatedIn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Buvuma Island → bodyOfWater → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kingdom of Buganda → borderedBy → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Tanganyika → containsPartOf → Lake Victoria ⓘ
African Great Lakes → containsLake → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Mwanza, Tanzania → locatedOn → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Mwanza, Tanzania → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Shinyanga Region → near → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Great Lakes peoples → associatedWith → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Great Lakes Region of Africa → contains → Lake Victoria ⓘ
mainland Tanzania → contains → Lake Victoria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Victoria (Tanzanian portion)
Simiyu Region → borderedBy → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kagera Region → borders → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Kagera Region → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Mount Elgon → drainageBasin → Lake Victoria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Victoria basin
Central Region, Uganda → borders → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Buganda → borderedBy → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Haya people → locatedNear → Lake Victoria ⓘ
Wakiso District → borders → Lake Victoria ⓘ