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One of the lakes you should think of touring before letting the earth to eat you up!!!!!
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria Interesting Facts
It is Africa’s largest lake and has a surface area of 26,600 square miles (68,800 square kilometers).
It is the largest tropical lake in the world.
It is the world’s second largest freshwater lake measured by surface area.
The only larger freshwater lake is Lake Superior in North America.
This body of water is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Lake Victoria is about 400,000 years old.
The average depth is 130 feet (40 meters) with the deepest point being 276 feet (84 meters).
Approximately 80 percent of the lakes water comes from rain. The other 20 percent comes from small streams flowing into the lake.
Geological studies have shown that the lake has dried up completely a few times in the past. The last time was approximately 17,300 years ago.
The Kagera River is the largest river that flows into the lake.
Two rivers flow out of the lake. They are the White Nile (called the “Victoria Nile” where it leaves the lake), and the Katonga River.
