Lake
Lake Victoria
The 2nd largest of the 319 lakes measured in this atlas.
surface area 68,100 km² · 2nd/319
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 68,100 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one. Computed from the Natural Earth outline: ≈ 67,000 km².
- Maximum depth
- 83 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Elevation
- 1,133 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 337 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 240 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Drainage basin
- 238,900 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Named after
- Victoria
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Wikidata
- Q5505
Among the world's lakes
Each line is every one of the lakes in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area68,100 km²2nd of 319 · median 536 km²
- Maximum depth83 m71st of 204 · median 42 m
- Elevation1,133 m46th of 333 · median 278 m
- Length337 km11th of 255 · median 66 km
- Width240 km3rd of 221 · median 20 km
- Drainage basin238,900 km²10th of 162 · median 12,298 km²
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