Lake Albert (Africa)

Lake Albert
2002 NASA MODIS satellite picture. The dotted grey line is the border between Congo (DRC) (left) and Uganda (right).
Lake Albert Show map of Uganda Lake Albert Show map of Democratic Republic of the Congo Lake Albert Show map of Africa
Coordinates	1°41′N 30°55′E / 1.683°N 30.917°E / 1.683; 30.917
Primary inflows	Victoria Nile Semliki River
Primary outflows	Albert Nile
Catchment area	416,661 km2 (160,874 sq mi)
Basin countries	DR Congo and Uganda
Max. length	160 km (99 mi)
Max. width	30 km (19 mi)
Surface area	5,590 km2 (2,160 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	25 m (82 ft)
Max. depth	51 m (167 ft)
Water volume	133 km3 (32 cu mi)[2]
Shore length1	782 km (486 mi)
Surface elevation	619 m (2,031 ft)
Settlements	Ntoroko, Kaiso, Butiaba, Wanseko, Panyimur, Mahagi Port and Kasenyi Port
References	[2]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Albert, originally known as Lake Mwitanzige by the Banyoro, Nam Ovoyo Bonyo by the Alur, and temporarily as Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is Africa's seventh-largest lake, as well as the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes.