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Because Africa was once under the Great Britain

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What is africas largest lake?

Lake Victoria. is the largest lake in Africa


What is the largest lak in Africa?

The largest lake by area in Africa is Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is also the largest tropical lake in the entire world.


What is the name of Africa's largest lake?

Lake Victoria


What countries are closest to the largest lake of Africa?

Africa's largest lake is Lake Victoria, located in eastern Africa at the border of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. It's the world's second largest freshwater lake, following Lake Superior in North America. Lake Victoria was named by John Hanning Speke, a British explorer and the first European to see the lake (1858), in honor of Queen Victoria.


What is the largest lake in Africa and what three countries border it?

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa. It is bordered by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.


Is lake tanganyika the largest lake in Africa?

Lake Tanganyika is the largest rift lake in Africa. It is also Africa's deepest lake. However, Lake Victoria is the largest lake by area in Africa.


What is north Africa's largest lake?

Lake Victoria


Lake Victoria is the largest lake on what continent?

Africa


What is a capital east of lake Victoria?

Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya, is east of Africa's Lake Victoria.


What lake in central Africa is the third largest lake in the world?

Victoria Lake in Central Africa.


Is lake albert the largest lake in Africa?

No, Lake Albert is not the largest lake in Africa. The largest is Lake Victoria which has a surface area of over 26,000 square miles.


Is the lake Albert the largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake?

No. Lake Albert is Africa's 7th largest lake. Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake and the worlds second largest lake (by area). Lake Superior is the World's largest freshwater lake.