Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
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Lake Victoria is a lake covering an area of 68k. It lies at an elevation of 1.1k.
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: John Hanning Speke[3]
- Country: Tanzania[4], Uganda[5], Kenya[6]
- Instance of: freshwater lake[7]
- Shares border with: Tanzania[8], Kenya[9], Uganda[10]
- Named after: Victoria[11]
- Inflows: Kagera River[12], Mogusi River[13], Nyando River[14], Yala River[15], Gucha River[16], Sondu Miriu[17], Nzoia River[18], Simiyu River[19], Mara River[20]
- Outflows: White Nile[21]
- Basin country: Tanzania[22], Uganda[23], Kenya[24]
- Part of: African Great Lakes[25]
- Commons category: Lake Victoria[26]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 1, 1858[27]
- Located in/on physical feature: Great Rift Valley[28]
- Significant event: Ujamaa[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Victoria[30]
- Commons gallery: Lake Victoria[31]
- Category for the water basin: Q18120944[32]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
- Different from: Lago Victoria[38], Lake Uniamési[39]
- Length: 337 km[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 1133 m[41]
- Area: 68,100 km²[42]
- Width: 240 km[43]
- Watershed area: 238,900 km²[44]
- Volume as quantity: 2750 cubic kilometre[45]
- Perimeter: 4828 km[46]
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Victoria include Victoria Microplate[47], a tectonic plate[48], in Tanzania[49].
Why It Matters
Lake Victoria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for it include Victoria Microplate[47], a tectonic plate[48], in Tanzania[49].