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Bordered by 3 nations, it's the world's largest tropical lake & the world's second-largest freshwater lake |
Lake Victoria
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FJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
2026-03-18 |
#9523 |
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Mwanza &Kampala |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
J |
CITIES ON THE LAKE |
2025-02-25 |
#9277 |
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In 1858 explorer John Speke said that this lake was a source of the Nile River |
Lake Victoria
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$800 |
DJ |
LAKES & RIVERS |
2021-03-30 |
#8367 |
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In 1858 this largest lake in Africa was given its royal name by the first European explorer to reach it |
Lake Victoria
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$800 |
DJ |
I LAKE IT LIKE THAT |
2018-06-07 |
#7779 |
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The Ssese Islands, an 84-island archipelago, lie in the Uganda portion of this huge lake |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
DJ |
AFRICAN LAKES |
2016-10-07 |
#7375 |
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This largest lake in Africa is also the main reservoir of the Nile River |
Lake Victoria
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$200 |
J |
LAKES & RIVERS |
2016-01-18 |
#7216 |
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This lake is shared by Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
DJ |
LAKES & RIVERS |
2014-05-16 |
#6840 |
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Jinja, Uganda |
Lake Victoria
DD
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$2,000 |
DJ |
LAKE CITY |
2011-12-16 |
#6270 |
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Entebbe is a key Ugandan port on this, the world's second-largest freshwater lake |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
J |
LANDS O' LAKES |
2009-03-16 |
#5651 |
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This large African lake has several large gulfs, including Speke & Emin Pasha |
Lake Victoria
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$600 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
2008-02-18 |
#5401 |
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In 1875, Sir Henry Morton Stanley circumnavigated this largest African lake |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
DJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
2007-01-16 |
#5147 |
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After Lake Superior, this African lake is the largest body of fresh water in the world |
Lake Victoria
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$200 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
2006-05-15 |
#5001 |
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Kampala, Uganda |
Lake Victoria
DD
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$2,000 |
DJ |
LAKE CITY |
2004-10-14 |
#4624 |
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This large lake is the chief source of the Nile River |
Lake Victoria
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$300 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
2000-11-10 |
#3725 |
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The Kagera River is the longest & most important tributary of this African lake |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
1998-02-12 |
#3104 |
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This largest African lake is the largest source of the Nile River |
Lake Victoria
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$600 |
DJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
1997-04-04 |
#2910 |
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This largest African lake is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya |
Lake Victoria
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$200 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
1996-07-17 |
#2753 |
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This largest African lake was originally called Ukerewe |
Lake Victoria
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$300 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
1995-03-30 |
#2444 |
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In the 1950s Owen Falls Dam in Uganda was built on the Nile, raising the level of this lake 3 feet |
Lake Victoria
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$600 |
DJ |
LAKES |
1994-07-20 |
#2293 |
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2 of this large lake's biggest gulfs are Emin Pasha in the southwest & Speke in the southeast |
Lake Victoria
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FJ |
LAKES |
1993-09-13 |
#2071 |
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Uganda contains parts of Lake Albert & this lake over 10 times larger |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
J |
LAKES & RIVERS |
1993-04-07 |
#1988 |
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This lake is shared by Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania |
Lake Victoria
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$600 |
DJ |
LAKES & RIVERS |
1993-03-25 |
#1979 |
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This African lake's only outlet is near Jinja, a town in Uganda |
Lake Victoria
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$600 |
DJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
1992-11-26 |
#1894 |
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Among the world's freshwater lakes this African lake is 2nd in area only to Lake Superior |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
1991-12-13 |
#1680 |
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It has the largest surface area of any lake south of the equator |
Lake Victoria
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FJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
1988-05-06 |
#860 |
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Among the world's freshwater lakes, this E. African is 2nd in size only to Lake Superior |
Lake Victoria
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$400 |
DJ |
LAKES & RIVERS |
1986-10-22 |
#488 |