Everything about Lake Albert Africa totally explained
Lake Albert – also
Albert Nyanza and formerly
Lake Mobutu Sese Seko – is one of the
Great Lakes of Africa. It is Africa's seventh largest
lake, and ranks as
the world's twenty-third largest lake by volume.
Geography
Lake Albert is located in the center of the continent, on the border between
Uganda and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly
Zaire). Lake Albert is the northernmost of the chain of lakes in the
Great Rift Valley; it's about 160 km (100 mi) long and 30 km (19 mi) wide, with a maximum depth of 51 m (168 ft), and a surface elevation of 619 m (2,030 ft) above sea level.
Lake Albert is part of the complicated system of the upper
Nile. Its main sources are the
Victoria Nile, ultimately coming from
Lake Victoria to the southeast, and the
Semliki River, which issues from
Lake Edward to the southwest. The water of the
Victoria Nile is much less saline than that of Lake Albert. Its outlet, at the northernmost tip of the lake, is the
Albert Nile (which becomes known as the
Mountain Nile when it enters
Sudan).
At the southern end of the lake, where the Semliki comes in, there are
swamps. Farther south loom the mighty
Ruwenzori Range, while a range of hills called the
Blue Mountains tower over the northwestern shore. The few settlements along the shore include
Butiaba and
Pakwach.
History
In
1864, the
explorer Samuel Baker discovered the lake; he named it after the recently deceased
Prince Albert, consort of
Queen Victoria. Congolese president
Mobutu Sese Seko temporarily named the lake after himself.
Conflict is arising over oil found in Lake Albert. Reserves are estimated at less than 100,000 barrels a day for about 10 years when production starts. Tensions between the DRC and Uganda in early August 2007, largely over the ownership of the small
Rukwanzi Island, led to an armed clash that killed a British geologist working for an oil prospector.
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