{"id":12314,"date":"2026-02-18T11:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12314"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:40:54","slug":"lake-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lake-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lake Victoria Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lake Victoria\u2019s waters have turned a haunting green, and scientists say the damage has crossed a dangerous line.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lake Victoria<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest lake in Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>lies mainly in Tanzania and Uganda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but <\/span><b>also borders Kenya.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>called Victoria Nyanza in Kenya, Nalubaale in Uganda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Ukerewe in Tanzania.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> crossed by the equator.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Lake Superior in North America, it is the<\/span><b> second-largest freshwater lake on Earth.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake\u2019s area is about 69,484 sq.km. which also makes it the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest tropical lake.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This large <\/span><b>irregular-shaped<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lake has a maximum length of 359 km (north-to-south) and a maximum width of 240 km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>waters fill a shallow depression<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>centre of the great plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that stretches between the Western and Eastern Rift Valleys.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Kagera River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the major river that<\/span><b> empties <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the lake.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>chief reservoir of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nile-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nile River<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake supports the<\/span><b> largest freshwater fishery in the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, producing 1 million tons of fish per year and employing 200,000 people in supporting the livelihoods of 4 million people.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indiandefencereview.com\/worlds-largest-tropical-lake-turns-toxic-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IDR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa. 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