Q 01/05

Lake Victoria is the largest lake by area on which continent?

A) Asia

B) Africa

C) South America

D) Australia

Answer · why

B) Africa

With a surface area close to 60,000 square kilometres it is also the world's largest tropical lake.

Q 02/05

Lake Victoria is the world's second-largest freshwater lake by surface area, behind which lake?

A) Baikal

B) Tanganyika

C) Michigan

D) Superior

Answer · why

D) Superior

By volume it ranks only ninth among the world's continental lakes because it is so shallow.

Q 03/05

Which country holds the largest share of Lake Victoria's surface, about 49 percent?

A) Uganda

B) Rwanda

C) Kenya

D) Tanzania

Answer · why

D) Tanzania

Uganda holds about 45 percent and Kenya just 6 percent.

Q 04/05

Roughly what percentage of Lake Victoria lies within Kenya?

A) 6%

B) 15%

C) 25%

D) 33%

Answer · why

A) 6%

Kenya's slice includes the Kavirondo Gulf.

Q 05/05

Which river is the only outflow from Lake Victoria?

A) The Nile

B) The Zambezi

C) The Niger

D) The Congo

Answer · why

A) The Nile

It leaves the lake on the northern shore in Uganda.