GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Lake Victoria, also called Victoria Nyanza, largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya. Its area is 26, 828 square miles (69, 484 square km). Among the freshwater lakes of the world, it is exceeded in size only by Lake Superior in North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lake Victoria (visible in the top centre) is the largest of all African lakes and is the second widest freshwater body in the world. The lake straddles three countries; the northern half sits in Uganda, the southern half in Tanzania and a portion of its north-eastern section is in Kenya.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lake Victoria is located at the border of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in the African continent. River Nile originates from Lake Victoria and drains into the Mediterranean sea. Victoria Lake is the largest tropical lake in the world and one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world by area.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lake Victoria, in East Africa, is the world’s largest tropical freshwater lake. At 68, 800km², it’s also the second largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior in North America.

Detailed explanation-5: -They include Lake Victoria, the second-largest fresh water lake in the world by area, Lake Tanganyika, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake by volume and depth, and Lake Malawi, the world’s eighth-largest fresh water lake by area.