Lake Victoria

1. With its 69,000 km², the lake has the same size as Ireland. The lake is shared between three countries; Tanzania (which possesses 49%, Uganda (45%) and Kenya (6%) of the lake.

2. Lake Victoria is the second widest freshwater body in the world. With a surface area of 68, 800 km2 and an adjoining catchment of 184,000 km2, it is claimed by three countries: the northern half to Uganda the southern half to Tanzania, and the part of the northeastern sector to Kenya. The lake can be seen in the below map of Lake Victoria and its surrounding area. The lake is relatively shallow with a maximum depth of about 80 m and an average depth of about 40 m; the lake holds about 2,760 km3 of water. The highly indented lake shoreline is about 3500 km long and encloses many small, shallow bays and inlets many of which include swamps and wetlands that have varying ecologies from the lake itself. Most of the water that enters the lake comes directly from precipitation and surrounding rivers. Water leaving the lake does so mostly fromevaporation and through the Victoria Nile.

   Although there is still much scientific dispute about the lake’s origins, most scientists agree that Lake Victoria is much more recent than the other great lakes of eastern Africa. There is evidence to support that the lake could have formed as recently as 25,000 to 35,000 years ago and may have completely dried up between 10,000 and 14,000 years ago.

   

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