What is the largest lake on the African continent by surface area, shared by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Lake Victoria
- Step 1: Lake Victoria covers roughly 68,800 square kilometers, making it the world's largest tropical lake and second-largest freshwater lake by area.
- Step 2: It was named in honor of Queen Victoria by British explorer John Hanning Speke, who confirmed it as the main reservoir source of the White Nile.
Answer
Lake Victoria
Why not the others: 'Lake Tanganyika' is the second-deepest lake in the world, situated in the Albertine Rift; 'Lake Malawi' is famous for its hundreds of endemic cichlid fish species; 'Lake Chad' is a shallow endorheic lake in the Sahel.
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