Like a gigantic mirror glistening in the equatorial sun, the flat, glassy surface of Lake Victoria covers an area of 26,828 square miles. [69,484 sq km] Crossed by the equator at its northern end and situated between the eastern and western arms of the Great Rift Valley, it lies mostly in Tanzania and Uganda and borders on Kenya.
दुनिया में मीठे पानी की सबसे बड़ी झील उत्तरी अमरीका की लेक सुपिरियर है जो आकार में भी बड़ी है ।