How Many Lakes Are In Uganda

What is a Lake?

A large area of water is surrounded by land.

How Many Lakes Are In Uganda

Uganda is situated in the great lakes region of Africa. The landscape of Uganda is dotted with about 165 lakes including freshwater lakes, crater lakes, and others.

What is the biggest and largest lake in Uganda?

Lake Victoria, also called Victoria Nyanza, largest lake in Africa and the chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya.

Its area is 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km).

What is the deepest lake in Uganda?

Lake Bunyonyi is located at 1,962 meters above sea level, about 25 km long and 7 km wide which makes it the deepest lake in Uganda and the second deepest lake in Africa after Lake Tanganyika.