Loch Victoria
| Loch Victoria | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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. | |
Loch Victoria (Nam Lolwe in Luo; "Nalubaale" in Luganda; Victoria Nyanza in Bantu[1] ) is ane o the African Great Lochs.
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "The Victoria Nyanza. The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of Some of the Dialects". World Digital Library. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2016. Retrieved 18 Februar 2013.
