Which of the largest African lakes is bigger, Lake Victoria, or Lake Tanganyika?
Lake Victoria is the largest in Africa. Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometers (26,600 sq mi) in size, making it the continent’s largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area (third largest if one considers Lake Michigan-Huron as a single lake). Being relatively shallow for its size, with a maximum depth of 84 m (276 ft) and a mean depth of 40 m (131 ft), It is the largest rift lake in Africa and the second largest lake by surface area on the continent. It is the deepest lake in Africa and holds the greatest volume of fresh water. It extends for 673 km in a general north-south direction and averages 50 km in width.
