lake victoria

     

Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake

Trivia about lake victoria

  • After Lake Superior, this African lake is the largest body of fresh water in the world
  • Tanzania, Uganda & Kenya all border this large African lake
  • John Speke was the first European to reach this lake and identify it as the source of the Nile
  • This largest African lake is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya
  • This large lake is the chief source of the Nile River
  • The kingdom of Buganda rose to prominence on the shores of this African lake
  • Entebbe is a key Ugandan port on this, the world's second-largest freshwater lake
  • The largest lake on the equator is this African one
  • In 1875, Sir Henry Morton Stanley circumnavigated this largest African lake
  • Africa's largest fresh-water lake, it's main source of the Nile
  • The Kagera River is the longest & most important tributary of this African lake
  • Kenya's Nyanza province includes 1,400 miles of this lake
  • Testing the water in Africa's largest freshwater lake
  • This large African lake has several large gulfs, including Speke & Emin Pasha
  • To the southwest, Kenya borders this 27,000-square-mile body of water
  • This largest African lake is the largest source of the Nile River
  • Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda share ownership of this body of water
  • Before John Speke named this largest African lake in 1858, it was known to the Arabs as Ukerewe
  • Jinja, Uganda
  • Kampala, Uganda
  • An 1898 rampage by man-eating lions halted construction of a railway from this body of water to Mombasa

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