Lake Victoria is so massive that it is shared by three countries, has a larger surface area than many countries, and is home ...

There are many huge lakes in the world, but very few are bigger than Africa’s largest. The lake is so big that it stretches across three countries and is named after English royalty.

Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is spread across three of the major lines of latitude: the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator and ... create a human-made lake called a reservoir.