Fun fact 1 about Lake Victoria
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Lake Victoria was renamed after Queen Victoria by explorer John Hanning Speke in 1858.
Lake Victoria
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Lake Victoria
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Area
68,870 km²
Max depth
84 m
Countries
Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km2 (23,146 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America.
From the “Names” section
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