Lake Edward

Lake Edward is one of the smaller African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, on the border between the and , with its northern shore a few kilometres south of the equator.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Uganda and smallest of the African Great Lakes
  • Also known as: “Albert Edward Nyanza”, “Aminjärvi”, “Aminmeer”, “Édouardséi”, “Eduardmeer”, “Eduardo ežeras”, “Edward”, “Edward lakua”, “Edward Meer”, “Edward Nyanza”, “Edwardi järv”, “Edwardo ežeras”, “Edwardsee”, “Edwardséi”, “ennyanja mwitanzige”, “Idi Amin Dadan järvi”, “Idi Aminmeer”, “Idi Amino Dados ežeras”, “Idžio Amino Dados ežeras”, “Lac Amin”, “Lac Edouard”, “Lac Edward”, “Lac Idi Amin”, “Lac Idi Amine”, “Laga Eduardo”, “Lago Edward”, “Lake Idi Amin Dada”, “Lake Rutanzige”, “Llac Edward”, “Rutanzige”, “Rutanzigemeer”, “Rutanzigesee”, “Rweru”, “Rwicanzige”, “Rwitanzigye”, “Езеро Едуард”, “Иди Амин Дада језеро”, “Иди Амин језеро”, “Језеро Иди Амин”, “Језеро Иди Амин Дада”, “Озеро Эдуарда”, “אגם אידי אמין”, “ימת אדוארד”, “ایڈورڈ جھیل”, “جھیل عیدی امین”, “عیدی امین جھیل”, “എഡ് വേഡ് തടാകം”, “എഡ്വേഡ് തടാകം”, “イディ・アミン・ダダ湖”, and “イディ・アミン湖”

Lake Edward

Latitude
-0.35° or 0° 21′ south
Longitude
29.58333° or 29° 35′ east
Elevation
912 metres (2,992 feet)
Open location code
6GFFMH2M+28
Geo­Names ID
216885
Wiki­data ID
Q125211
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Edward” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Edwardmeer”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة إدوارد”
  • Armenian: “Էդուարդ (լիճ)”
  • Armenian: “Էդուարդ”
  • Asturian: “Llagu Dubardu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eduard gölü”
  • Basque: “Eduardo”
  • Belarusian: “Эдвард”
  • Belarusian: “Эдўард”
  • Bengali: “এডওয়ার্ড হ্রদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “एडवर्ड झील”
  • Bulgarian: “Едуард”
  • Burmese: “အက်ဒဝါ့ကန်”
  • Catalan: “llac Eduard”
  • Catalan: “Llac Eduard”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Edward”
  • Central Bikol: “Danaw Edward”
  • Chinese: “愛德華湖”
  • Chinese: “爱德华湖”
  • Chuvash: “Эдуард”
  • Czech: “Edvardovo jezero”
  • Czech: “Edwardovo jezero”
  • Danish: “Edwardsøen”
  • Dutch: “Edwardmeer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة إدوارد”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة ادوارد”
  • Esperanto: “Eduardo”
  • Estonian: “Rutanzige järv”
  • Finnish: “Edwardinjärvi”
  • Finnish: “Edwardjärvi”
  • French: “lac Édouard”
  • French: “Lac Édouard”
  • Galician: “Lago Eduardo”
  • Ganda: “Ennyanja Edward”
  • Ganda: “Ennyanja Rutanzige”
  • Georgian: “ედუარდი”
  • German: “Eduardsee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lake Edward”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Εδουάρδου”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Edward”
  • Hebrew: “אגם אדוארד”
  • Hindi: “ऍड्वर्ड झील”
  • Hungarian: “Edward-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Edward”
  • Italian: “Lago Edoardo”
  • Italian: “lago Eduardo”
  • Italian: “Lago Eduardo”
  • Japanese: “エドワード湖”
  • Kannada: “ಎಡ್ವರ್ಡ್ ಸರೋವರ”
  • Kazakh: “Édward”
  • Kazakh: “Эдуард”
  • Kazakh: “ەدۋارد”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ikiyaga cya Edward”
  • Korean: “에드워드호”
  • Latvian: “Edvarda ezers”
  • Lingala: “Laki Edward”
  • Lingala: “Liziba Edward”
  • Lithuanian: “Edvardo ežeras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Eduardséi”
  • Macedonian: “Едвардово Езеро”
  • Malayalam: “എഡ്‌വേഡ് തടാകം”
  • Mazanderani: “ادوارد دریاچه”
  • Mingrelian: “ედუარდი (ტობა)”
  • Mingrelian: “ედუარდი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Edvardsjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Edwardsjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Edvardsjøen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lac Edoard”
  • Panjabi: “ਐਡਵਰਡ ਝੀਲ”
  • Persian: “دریاچه ادوارد”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Edwarda”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Eduardo”
  • Russian: “Эдвард”
  • Russian: “Эдуард”
  • Serbian: “Edvardovo jezero”
  • Serbian: “Едвардово језеро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Edwardovo jezero”
  • Slovak: “Eduardovo jazero”
  • Slovak: “Edwardovo jazero”
  • Slovenian: “Edvardovo jezero”
  • Somali: “Harada Edward”
  • Spanish: “Lago Eduardo”
  • Swahili: “Ziwa Edward”
  • Swedish: “Edwardsjön”
  • Telugu: “ఎడ్వర్డ్ సరస్సు”
  • Turkish: “Edward Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Едвард”
  • Ukrainian: “Едварда озеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Едуард”
  • Urdu: “جھیل ایڈورڈ”
  • Venetian: “Lago Edoardo”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Edward”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Danaw Edward”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Edward”
  • Wu Chinese: “爱德华湖”
  • Yue Chinese: “愛德華湖”
  • “एडवर्ड झील”

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