Lake Albert
lake in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Summary
Lake Albert is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,117 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Uganda[3], Democratic Republic of the Congo[4]
- Named after: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha[5]
- Inflows: Semliki River[6], Nkusi River[7], River Muzizi[8]
- Outflows: White Nile[9]
- Basin country: Democratic Republic of the Congo[10]
- Part of: African Great Lakes[11]
- Commons category: Lake Albert (Uganda)[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Albert (Africa)[13]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[20]
- Native label: Lake Albert[21]
- Length: 160 km[22]
- Elevation above sea level: 619 m[23]
- Area: 5270 km²[24]
- Width: 30 km[25]
- Volume as quantity: 132,000 cubic hectometre[26]
- Vertical depth: 58 m[27]
- Drainage basin: Nile basin[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
Why It Matters
Lake Albert has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]