LAKE VICTORIA

Lake Victoria:

• Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. It is divided among three countries: Kenya (6 %), Uganda (45 %) and Tanzania (49 %).
  
  
• In terms of surface area, it is Africa's largest lake, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second largest fresh water (after Lake Superior in North America).
  
  
• In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world's ninth largest continental lake.
  
  
• Lake Victoria receives its water primarily from direct rainfall and thousands of small streams. The Kagera River is the largest river flowing into this lake.
  
  
• The only outflow from Lake Victoria is the Nile River, which exits the lake near Jinja, Uganda.
  
  

Ukerewe:

• The ferry MV Nyerere capsized just a few meters from the dock on Ukerewe, the lake's biggest island, which is part of Tanzania.