A lake on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, part of the western branch of the Great Rift Valley and connected to Lake Albert by the Semliki River. Its shores lie within protected national parks on both sides of the border.
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area = 2,325 km2
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It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, with its northern shore a few kilometres south of the equator.
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