Lake Victoria

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1. The largest lake in Africa, and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world, after Lake Superior. It is on the Uganda-Tanzania-Kenya border and is also called Victoria Nyanza.

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Lake Victoria is a headwater reservoir for the Nile River.

It was explored by Henry Stanley in 1875.

Example Sentences

Nairobi, along with regions such as the Central Highlands, Lake Victoria Basin, and the coastal areas, remains under heightened alert for peak rainfall in the coming days, it added.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

It has a long shoreline on Lake Victoria -- which straddles Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania -- and is crossed by the Nile river.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Scientists say the Nile River and Lake Victoria, as well as its migration pattern, separated this giraffe from others.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

The pipeline would pass through seven forest reserves and two game parks, running alongside Lake Victoria, a source of fresh water for 40 million people.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Finally we were on the last stage of the long journey from England, via Lake Victoria, to Chimpanzee Land!

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall