lake victoria is the deepest lake in east africa.
lake victoria is the deepest lake in east africa.
which is the deepest lake in east africa?
lake victoria
the geography of east africa is often stunning and scenic. shaped by global plate tectonic forces that have created the east african rift, east africa is the site of mount kilimanjaro and mount kenya, the two tallest peaks in africa. it also includes the world's second largest freshwater lake, lake victoria, and the world's second deepest lake, lake tanganyika.
east africa
the lake is across, with a caldera rim ranging in elevation from and an average lake depth of . the lake's maximum depth has been measured at , which fluctuates slightly as the weather changes. on the basis of maximum depth, crater lake is the deepest lake in the united states, the second-deepest in north america (after great slave lake in canada), and the ninth-deepest lake in the world. crater lake is often cited as the seventh-deepest lake in the world, but this ranking excludes lake vostok in antarctica, which is beneath about of ice, and the recent depth soundings of o'higgins/san martín lake, which is along the border of chile and argentina.
crater lake