Lake Victoria, whose northern shoreline lies in Uganda, covers about 68,800 square kilometers, making it the largest lake in Africa and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area after Lake Superior. It is shared among Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania and feeds directly into the Nile.
Record no. MRB-2026-005993
Africa's Largest Lake and World's Second-Largest Freshwater Lake by Area
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