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.
Aliases (2)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African Great Lake
→
freshwater lake → lake → |
| averageDepth |
approximately 40 meters
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| basinCountry |
Kenya
→
Tanzania → Uganda → |
| borderedByCountry |
Kenya
→
Tanzania → Uganda → |
| climateZone |
tropical
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| continent |
Africa
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| drainageBasin |
Nile Basin
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|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 1134 meters
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| hasIsland |
Buvuma Island
→
Ssese Islands → Ukerewe Island → |
| inflow |
Kagera River
→
multiple smaller rivers and streams → |
| invasiveSpecies |
Nile perch
→
water hyacinth → |
| isSourceOf |
White Nile
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| locatedIn |
East Africa
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| locatedOnPlateau |
East African Plateau
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| majorFishSpecies |
Nile perch
→
Nile tilapia → haplochromine cichlids → |
| maximumDepth |
approximately 80 meters
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| namedAfter |
Queen Victoria
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| nearCity |
Entebbe
→
Kisumu → Mwanza → |
| outflow |
Victoria Nile
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| partOf |
African Great Lakes region
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| rankByArea |
largest lake in Africa
→
second-largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area → world’s largest tropical lake → |
| supportsActivity |
fishing
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hydropower generation → irrigation → transportation → |
| surfaceArea |
approximately 68800 square kilometers
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| threat |
eutrophication
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invasive species → overfishing → pollution → |
| usedFor |
commercial fisheries
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domestic water supply → regional trade → subsistence fishing → |
| waterType |
freshwater
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|
Referenced by (34)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Buvuma Island
→
Mwanza ("Lake Victoria basin") → Ssese Islands → Ukerewe Island → |
locatedIn |
|
Entebbe
→
Kisumu → Mwanza → |
locatedOn |
|
Kisumu
→
Mwanza → Ssese Islands → |
waterBody |
|
Buvuma Island
→
Ukerewe Island → |
bodyOfWater |
|
East Africa
→
Equatorial Lakes region → |
contains |
|
Kingdom of Buganda
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|
borderedBy |
|
Geita Region
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|
borders |
|
Kagera River
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|
dischargesInto |
|
Victoria Nile
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|
flowsFrom |
|
Kagera River
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|
flowsInto |
|
Sukuma people
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|
geographicProximity |
|
Geita Region
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|
hasBodyOfWater |
|
Tanzania
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|
hasLake |
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Uganda
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|
hasLakeShore |
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Africa
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|
hasLargestLake |
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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|
hasMajorLake |
|
Entebbe
→
|
isOnShoreOf |
|
Kenya
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|
lake |
|
Rachuonyo District
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|
locatedNear |
|
Luo people
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|
majorLake |
|
Kagera River
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|
majorTributaryOf |
|
Kagera River
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|
mouth |
|
Kampala
→
|
near |
|
Victoria Nile
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|
sourceLake |
|
Kigoma
("Great African Lake")
→
|
waterbodyType |