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Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is a freshwater lake in Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

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How many square miles is Lake Victoria?

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The average depth is 40 meters and the deepest spot is 83 meters.

Are lake Victoria and Lake Tana tributaries to the Nile River?

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No because the real one is at near rwanda and have been found By james may I think at 2013

What special name is given to Lake Victoria's latitude?

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Lake Victoria is located on the equator (0 degrees latitude), so that part of the lake is in the Northern Hemisphere (bordering Uganda and Kenya), and the rest in the Southern Hemisphere (bordering Tanzania).

When was lake Victoria discovered?

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The first European to visit the lake was John Hanning Speke in 1858 and named the lake after the British Monarch, Queen Victoria

What three countries does Lake Victoria borders?

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Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

Why is great Victoria desert named after Queen Victoria?

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The Great Victoria Desert is named for the British monarch Queen Victoria.

On what ocean are the following lakes located Lake Superior and lake Victoria?

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Hmmmm Lakes & Oceans really do not go together ! I'm thinking you meant continents ! N America & Africa would answer that Q

What nation is lake baikal in?

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Lake Baikal is in Southern Siberia in Russia.

What is the largest lake in earth?

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The world's largest lake is the Caspian Sea which is completely enclosed by Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. The world's deepest lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, at 1,638 metres deep.

Where is the biggest lake located?

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The world's largest lake is the Caspian Sea which is completely enclosed by Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. The world's deepest lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, at 1,638 metres deep.

What is a capital east of lake Victoria?

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

Which river starts at lake Victoria?

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The Nile River Starts at Lake Victoria.

Is lake Victoria man made?

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It is a natural lake

Does the prime meridian pass through lake Victoria?

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One must assume that you're asking the question about Lake Victoria in Uganda, Africa.

It looks like Lake Victoria's major lat/long attribute is equatorial, since it lies 33 degrees and more east of the prime meridian.

From TravelJournals.net, here are the lat/long details:

Latitude: 0.0605556

Longitude: 33.50778

Latitude (DMS): 0° 3' 38 N

Longitude (DMS): 33° 30' 28 E

What kind of lake is lake Victoria?

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fresh water

Which freshwater lake holds the most water lake baikal lake superior or lake Victoria?

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Lake Baikal's volume is 23615 cubic kilometers and Lake Victoria's 2750 cubic kilometers. That makes Lake Baikal nearly ten times larger, volume-wise, and that is due to its extrordinary depth.

Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, is the world's deepest fresh water lake at 1,638 metres deep. It is 636 km long and is the world's sixth largest lake and 1,181 metres of it is below sea level.

It contains 20% of the world's fresh water which is so clear that divers suffer from vertigo.

What continent does Victoria belong to?

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Victoria Lake is in Southern Africa. More specifically, it is located in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

What is the depest lake in the world?

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The second deepest lake is Lake Tanganyika. It is 1740 meters deep or 4823 feet deep.

Why is lake Victoria famous?

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Lake Victoria has the largest surface area of any body of fresh water in Africa, and second largest in the world. It is the source of the White Nile and provides a living to millions of Africans.

What effects of the Nile perch in lake Victoria have on people who live in Tanzania?

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the introduction of nile perch affected the people who lived near lake victoria because the nile perch kept eating all of the little fishes which makes it hard for the people to gather food.

The waters of Lake Victoria flow into what river?

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The White Nile flows out of Lake Victoria.