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  2. Lake Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Victoria Nyanza. The black line indicates Stanley's route. Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes.With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km 2 (23,146 sq mi), [6] [7] Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, [8] and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America. [9]

  3. Ukerewe Island - Wikipedia

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    With an area of 530 km 2 (200 sq mi), it is also the largest island in Lake Victoria and the largest lake island in Africa. [ 2 ] Ukerewe Island is located in the Ukerewe District of Mwanza Region in the great lakes area of Tanzania , 45 km (28 mi) north of the city of Mwanza to which it is linked by ferry. [ 3 ]

  4. Geography of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. [1] Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of 30,368,609 km 2 (11,725,385 sq mi), excluding adjacent islands. Its highest mountain is Kilimanjaro; its largest lake is Lake Victoria.

  5. African Great Lakes - Wikipedia

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    The African Great Lakes (Swahili: Maziwa Makuu; Kinyarwanda: Ibiyaga bigari) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift. The series includes Lake Victoria, the second-largest freshwater lake in the world by area; Lake Tanganyika, the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume ...

  6. Musoma - Wikipedia

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    The city sits on the eastern edge of Lake Victoria, close to the International borders of Tanzania with Kenya and Uganda.Musoma is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi), directly south of the geographical point where the borders of the three East African countries intersect.

  7. Geography of Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Further northwest is Lake Victoria on the Kenya–Uganda–Tanzania border. This is the largest lake in Africa by surface area and is traditionally named as the source of the Nile River. Southwest of this, separating Tanzania from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is Lake Tanganyika.

  8. 6 of the best cruise ships that you must travel on in your ...

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    At a length of 1,196 feet and with 18 guest decks, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is the world’s largest cruise ship, with capcity for 5,610 passengers. Its maiden voyage was this year and ...

  9. Imperial Resort Beach Hotel - Wikipedia

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    It is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest fresh-water lake, ... 32 28 16E (Latitude:0.0467; Longitude:32.4710). Overview