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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Victoria canonical | 103 |
| Lake Victoria basin | 3 |
| Great African Lake | 1 |
| Lake Victoria (Tanzanian portion) | 1 |
| Lake Victoria Basin | 1 |
| Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria | 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.
this entity surface form:
Lake Victoria Basin
this entity surface form:
Lake Victoria basin