Uganda Map - Physical Map of Uganda

Uganda Facts and Country Information...

Uganda is officially known as the Republic of Uganda and is a land locked country of Eastern part of the African continent. It shares its borderson the east with Kenya, on the north with South Sudan, on the west with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest with Rwanda, and on the south with Tanzania.
The southern part of the nation includes a huge part of the Lake Victoria which is shared with the countries of Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda lies within the Nile basin as well as Africa's Great Lakes region.

The country is situated on the plateau of East African which stands at a height of about 1,100 metres above sea level and slopes down steeply to meet the Sudanese Plain to the north. The central region of the nation is dominated by Lake Kyoga, surrounded by massive marshy areas.

The River Victoria Nile drains from Lake Victoria and falls into Lake Kyoga. A small area in the eastern edge of Uganda is drained by the River Turkwel and is also a part of the basin of the Lake Turkana. Although it is a landlocked country, Uganda contains many more large lakes apart from the Lake Victoria and the Lake Kyoga, namely the Lake Albert, the Lake Edward as well as the smaller Lake George.