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

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

It lives in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, separated from the Northern giraffe by Lake Victoria and the Nile River.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

The biggest impact is felt in regions characterized by high temperatures like Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, and places with high rainfall like the western region near Lake Victoria.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

The boss of the company was having the sick monkeys put in boxes and shipped out to a small island in Lake Victoria, where they were being released.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston