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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Lake Albert (Africa), Lake Edward, Lake George (Uganda), Lake Kyoga, Lake Victoria, Mwanza, Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa exploration, Masaka, White Nile, Lake Bunyonyi, Kibaale District, Mukono District, Rubondo Island National Park, Kalangala, Masindi District, Pakwach, Wakiso District, Bugiri District, Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station, Nakasongola District, Kitamilo, Kalangala District, Buvuma District, Kaliro District, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Namutumba District, Rakai District, Masaka District, Amolatar District, Hoima District, Kayunga District, Mpigi District, Lake Wamala, Dokolo District, Galilaya, Buyende District, Buvuma Island, Lake Nabugabo, Kampala District, Tanzania Ports Authority, Kalungu District, Lake Mutanda, Lake Victoria ferries, Rukwanzi Island, Mwanza Region, Kazinga Channel, MV Umoja, Semliki River, Lake Kwania, MV Bukoba, Ukerewe District, Ripon Falls, Winam Gulf, List of lakes in Uganda, Owen Falls, Nkusi River. Excerpt: Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe, The Eye of the Rhino, Nalubaale, Sango, or Lolwe) is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to visit this lake. With a surface area of 68,800 square kilometres (26,600 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, and it is the largest tropical lake in the world. Lake Victoria is the world's second largest freshwater lake by surface area (only Lake Superior in North America is larger). In terms of its volume, Lake Victoria is the world's eighth largest continental lake, and it contains about 2,750 cubic kilometers (2.2 billion acre-feet) of water. Lake Victoria receives most of its water from direct precipitation or from thousands of small streams. The largest stream flowing into this lake i...