Lake Albert

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A shallow lake of east-central Africa in the Great Rift Valley on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was discovered in 1864 by Sir Samuel Baker and named for Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort.

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Lake, east-central Africa. Lying at an altitude of 2,021 ft (616 m), it is 100 mi (160 km) long and has an average width of about 20 mi (32 km). In the southwest, the Semliki River brings into the lake the waters of Lake Edward; at its northeastern corner, just below Murchison Falls, it receives the Victoria Nile from Lake Victoria. In 1864 the lake's first European visitor, Samuel Baker, named it after Queen Victoria's consort. Initially part of Uganda, it now forms part of the Uganda-Congo border.

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Albert, Lake, or Albert Nyanza (nīăn'zə, nyän'zä), 2,064 sq mi (5,346 sq km), on the Congo (Kinshasa)-Uganda border, E central Africa. The lake is c.100 mi (160 km) long and c.19 mi (30 km) wide, with a maximum depth of 168 ft (51 m). Lying in the Great Rift Valley, 2,030 ft (619 m) above sea level, Lake Albert receives the Semliki River and the Victoria Nile and is drained by the Albert Nile, which becomes the Bahr-el-Jebel when it enters Sudan. Under Mobutu Sese Seko, the official name of the lake in Zaïre (now Congo) was Lake Mobutu Sese Seko.

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Lake Albert or Albert Lake may refer to:

Lake Albert (Africa), one of the African Great Lakes
Lake Albert (South Australia)
Lake Albert, New South Wales, a suburb of located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
- Lake Albert (New South Wales), lake located in the suburb of the same name.
Albert Park and Lake, Victoria, Australia
Albert Lake, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Lake Albert (South Dakota), a lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, U.S. near Badger

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Lake Abert, lake near Abert Rim in the U.S. state of Oregon

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