DEFINITION OF LAKE VICTORIA

The largest lake in Africa, and the second

largest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Victoria, also

known as Victoria Nyanza, covers 26,830 square miles

(69,490 km2) along the Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania border. The

lake is shallow (75 feet; 22.5 m), occupying a shallow depression

on the Equatorial plateau between the Eastern and Western

Arms of the East African Rift System. The shoreline of

the lake is irregular and typically marked by transitional

marshes and also by numerous small islands. As the main

headwater reservoir for the Nile, the lake is fed by many

small streams and drains out to the north into the Victoria

Nile.

The lake basin is densely populated and the lake is used

for fishing and transportation. Many species of fish are found

in the lake, although some nonindigenous species introduced

to the lake have been decimating native populations and

adapting into different environmental niches. The first European

to see the lake was the British explorer John Speke in

1858 who called the lake Ukerewe, and the lake was later

explored by Henry Stanley in 1875.

landslide See MASS WASTING.

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