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Lake Edward
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lake in Uganda and smallest of the African Great Lakes
Lake Edward is a body of water located in Uganda and is the smallest of the African Great Lakes. It serves as an important natural resource for the region, supporting local ecosystems and communities.
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- Instance of
- lake
- Part of
- African Great Lakes
- Named after
- Edward VII
- Area
- 2150
- Elevation
- 912
- Image
- Lake edward sentinel-2.jpg
- Width
- 40
- Length
- 77
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- named by
- Henry Morton Stanley
- Commons category
- Lake Edward
- topic's main category
- Category:Lake Edward
- outflows
- Semliki River
- basin country
- Uganda
- located in protected area
- Virunga National Park
- vertical depth
- 117
- volume as quantity
- 39500
- watershed area
- 12096
- native label
- Lake Edward
- drainage basin
- Nile basin
- inflows
- Rutshuru River
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Edward (locally Rwitanzigye or Rweru) is one of the smaller African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, with its northern shore a few kilometres south of the equator.
History
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