Albert (Mobutu Sese Seko)
General Information
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Country |
Congo (Democratic Republic) Uganda
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Latitude |
1° 35' 0"
(1.5833) |
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Longitude |
30° 50'
0" (30.8333) |
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State |
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River Basin |
Nile
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Maps
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Albert location map |
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Lakes of East Africa |
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Physical Characteristics
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Volume |
280.00 km3 |
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Surface Area |
5,600.00 km2 |
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Depth |
Mean depth: 25.0 m
Maximum depth: 58.0 m
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Origin |
Tectonic
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Type |
Natural
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Catchment |
Catchment size: 409.70
km2
Catchment/surface area ratio: 0:1 |
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Watershed Management
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Biodiversity Conservation
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Additional Data Sources
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Birkett, C., and I. Mason. 1995. A new global lakes database for remote sensing programme studying climatically sensitive large lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 21 (3) 307-318. |
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International Lake Environment Committee, the United Nations Environment Program and Environment Agency, Government of Japan. 1997. World Lakes Database. |
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Lehner, B. and Doll, P. (2004): Development and validation of a global database of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands. Journal of Hydrology 296/1-4: 1-22. |
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USDA African waterbodies dataset. Unpublished. |
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