Loch Victoria
Loch Victoria (Nam Lolwe in Luo; "Nalubaale" in Luganda; Victoria Nyanza in Bantu[1] ) is ane o the African Great Lochs.
| Loch Victoria | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Africae |
| Coordinates | 1°S 33°E / 1°S 33°ECoordinates: 1°S 33°E / 1°S 33°E |
| Primary inflows | Kagera River |
| Primar ootflows | White Nile (river) (kent as the "Victoria Nile" as it flows oot o the loch) |
| Catchment area | 184,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi) 238,900 km2 (92,200 sq mi) basin |
| Basin kintras | Tanzanie Uganda Kenyae |
| Max. lenth | 337 km (209 mi) |
| Max. weenth | 250 km (160 mi) |
| 68,800 km2 (26,600 sq mi) | |
| Average deepth | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Max. deepth | 83 m (272 ft) |
| 2,750 km3 (660 cu mi) | |
| Shore lenth1 | 3,440 km (2,140 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 1,133 m (3,717 ft) |
| Islands | 84 (Ssese Islands, Uganda) |
| Settlements | Bukoba, Tanzanie Mwanza, Tanzanie Musoma, Tanzanie Kisumu, Kenya Kendu Bay, Kenyae Homa Bay, Kenyae Kampala, Uganda Entebbe, Uganda Jinja, Uganda |
| 1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur. | |
References
eedit- ↑ "The Victoria Nyanza. The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of Some of the Dialects". World Digital Library. Retrieved 18 Februar 2013.