Lake Albert (Africa)
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Lake Albert, originally known as Lake Mwitanzige by the Banyoro, Nam Ovoyo Bonyo by the Alur and temporarily Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is Africa's seventh-largest lake, as well as the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes.
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Lake Albert | |
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Coordinates | 1°41′N 30°55′E |
Primary inflows | Victoria Nile Semliki River |
Primary outflows | Albert Nile |
Catchment area | 416,661 km2 (160,874 sq mi) |
Basin countries | DR Congo and Uganda |
Max. length | 160 km (99 mi) |
Max. width | 30 km (19 mi) |
Surface area | 5,590 km2 (2,160 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 25 m (82 ft) |
Max. depth | 51 m (167 ft) |
Water volume | 133 km3 (32 cu mi)[2] |
Shore length1 | 782 km (486 mi) |
Surface elevation | 619 m (2,031 ft) |
Settlements | Ntoroko, Kaiso, Butiaba, Wanseko, Panyimur, Mahagi Port and Kasenyi Port |
References | [2] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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