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
  • Lake
  • …has a surface elevation of 912 metres (2,992 feet)
  • Description: lake in Uganda and smallest of the African Great Lakes
  • Also known as
    “Albert Edward Nyanza”
    “Edward Meer”
    “Edward Nyanza”
    “Lac Idi Amin”
    “Lac Idi Amine”
    “Lake Idi Amin Dada”
    “Rutanzige”
    “Rweru”
    “Rwicanzige”
    “Rwitanzigye”
  • Category: body of water
  • Location
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Latitude
-0.35° or 0° 21′ south
Longitude
29.58333° or 29° 35′ east
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.
EdwardmeerAfrikaans
بحيرة إدواردArabic
ԷդուարդArmenian
Էդուարդ (լիճ)Armenian
Llagu DubarduAsturian
Eduard gölüAzerbaijani
EduardoBasque
EdwardBasque
Edward lakuaBasque
ЭдвардBelarusian
ЭдўардBelarusian
এডওয়ার্ড হ্রদBengali
एडवर्ड झीलBhojpuri
ЕдуардBulgarian
Езеро ЕдуардBulgarian
အက်ဒဝါ့ကန်Burmese
Llac EduardCatalan
Llac EdwardCatalan
Lake EdwardCebuano
Danaw EdwardCentral Bikol
愛德華湖Chinese
爱德华湖Chinese
ЭдуардChuvash
Edvardovo jezeroCzech
Edwardovo jezeroCzech
RutanzigeCzech
EdwardsøenDanish
Lake EdwardDanish
AminmeerDutch
EduardmeerDutch
Edward NyanzaDutch
EdwardmeerDutch
Idi AminmeerDutch
RutanzigeDutch
RutanzigemeerDutch
بحيرة إدواردEgyptian Arabic
EduardoEsperanto
Laga EduardoEsperanto
Edwardi järvEstonian
RutanzigeEstonian
Rutanzige järvEstonian
AminjärviFinnish
EdwardinjärviFinnish
EdwardjärviFinnish
Idi Amin Dadan järviFinnish
Lac AminFrench
Lac ÉdouardFrench
Lac EdwardFrench
Lago EduardoGalician
Ennyanja EdwardGanda
ennyanja mwitanzigeGanda
Ennyanja RutanzigeGanda
ედუარდიGeorgian
EduardseeGerman
EdwardseeGerman
Lake EdwardGerman
Lake RutanzigeGerman
RutanzigeseeGerman
Edward NyanzaGhanaian Pidgin English
Lake EdwardGhanaian Pidgin English
RutanzigeGhanaian Pidgin English
RweruGhanaian Pidgin English
RwicanzigeGhanaian Pidgin English
RwitanzigyeGhanaian Pidgin English
Λίμνη ΕδουάρδουGreek
Tafkin EdwardHausa
אגם אדוארדHebrew
אגם אידי אמיןHebrew
ימת אדוארדHebrew
ऍड्वर्ड झीलHindi
Edward-tóHungarian
Danau EdwardIndonesian
Lago EdoardoItalian
Lago EduardoItalian
Lago EdwardItalian
イディ・アミン・ダダ湖Japanese
イディ・アミン湖Japanese
エドワード湖Japanese
ಎಡ್ವರ್ಡ್ ಸರೋವರKannada
ÉdwardKazakh
ЭдуардKazakh
ەدۋاردKazakh
Ikiyaga cya EdwardKinyarwanda
에드워드호Korean
Edvarda ezersLatvian
Lake EdwardLatvian
Laki EdwardLingala
Liziba EdwardLingala
Eduardo ežerasLithuanian
Edvardo ežerasLithuanian
Edwardo ežerasLithuanian
Idi Amino Dados ežerasLithuanian
Idžio Amino Dados ežerasLithuanian
ÉdouardséiLuxembourgish
EduardséiLuxembourgish
EdwardséiLuxembourgish
Едвардово ЕзероMacedonian
Lake EdwardMalayalam
എഡ്‌വേഡ് തടാകംMalayalam
ادوارد دریاچهMazanderani
ედუარდიMingrelian
ედუარდი (ტობა)Mingrelian
EdvardsjøenNorwegian
EdvardsjøenNorwegian Bokmål
Edward NyanzaNorwegian Bokmål
Lake EdwardNorwegian Bokmål
EdwardsjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
Lac EdoardOccitan (post 1500)
ਐਡਵਰਡ ਝੀਲPanjabi
دریاچه ادواردPersian
Jezioro EdwardaPolish
Lac ÉdouardPolish
Lake EdwardPolish
Lago EduardoPortuguese
Lacul EdwardRomanian
Озеро ЭдуардаRussian
ЭдвардRussian
ЭдуардRussian
Edvardovo jezeroSerbian
Едвардово језероSerbian
Иди Амин Дада језероSerbian
Иди Амин језероSerbian
Језеро Иди АминSerbian
Језеро Иди Амин ДадаSerbian
Edwardovo jezeroSerbo-Croatian
Eduardovo jazeroSlovak
Edwardovo jazeroSlovak
Edvardovo jezeroSlovenian
Harada EdwardSomali
Lago EduardoSpanish
Lago EdwardSpanish
Ziwa EdwardSwahili
EdwardsjönSwedish
Lake EdwardSwedish
ఎడ్వర్డ్ సరస్సుTelugu
Edward GölüTurkish
ЕдвардUkrainian
Едварда озероUkrainian
ЕдуардUkrainian
ایڈورڈ جھیلUrdu
جھیل ایڈورڈUrdu
جھیل عیدی امینUrdu
عیدی امین جھیلUrdu
Lago EdoardoVenetian
EdwardVietnamese
Edward NyanzaVietnamese
Hồ EdwardVietnamese
Danaw EdwardWaray (Philippines)
Llyn EdwardWelsh
爱德华湖Wu Chinese
愛德華湖Yue Chinese

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