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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:lake
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 59,947 square kilometers
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gptkbp:basinCountry
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gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Bukoba
Entebbe
Jinja
Kisumu
Mwanza
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gptkbp:catchmentArea
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about 184,000 square kilometers
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:John_Hanning_Speke
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1858
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gptkbp:elevation
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1,135 meters
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gptkbp:environmentalImpact
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decline of native fish species
invasive water hyacinth
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lake Victoria
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gptkbp:importantFor
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gptkb:fish
gptkb:transportation
biodiversity
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gptkbp:inflow
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gptkb:Kagera_River
gptkb:Mara_River
gptkb:Nzoia_River
gptkb:Simiyu_River
gptkb:Sio_River
gptkb:Sondu_Miriu_River
gptkb:Yala_River
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gptkbp:island
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gptkb:Buvuma_Island
gptkb:Mfangano_Island
gptkb:Rusinga_Island
gptkb:Ssese_Islands
gptkb:Ukerewe_Island
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
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gptkbp:maximumDepth
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40 meters
84 meters
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Queen_Victoria
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gptkbp:notableSpecies
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gptkb:Nile_perch
cichlids
tilapia
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gptkbp:outflow
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gptkb:Victoria_Nile
White Nile
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:African_Great_Lakes
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gptkbp:rankByArea
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largest lake in Africa
second largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area
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gptkbp:rankByVolume
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ninth largest lake in the world by volume
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
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Yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:fish
gptkb:África
gptkb:Afrique
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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