Uictoriamere
Þes mere hæfþ his naman æfter Uictoria Cwēn, and þes nama wæs be John Hanning Speke afindere gegeafen, forþæm þe he wæs se forma man of Europan Þēod hine to findenne, and anhaga frummede he þis þing in 1858 þæn on fare mid Richard Francis Burton to findenne Nīles æwielme.
Mid brādnesse geond 26,600 mīla þæs feowerscyte, is Uictoriamere Affrican mæsta mere be andwlitan, and he is Middangeardes mæste hātgyrdel lūh. Uictoriamere is þisse worulde ōþru swētwæter lūh be brādnesse; ānlice Superiormere in Norþamerican is mār. Be fylde is Uictoriamere middangeardes nigoneð landbefealden wæter and it heoldeþ ymbe wætres 2.2x109 æccer-fēt.
Uictoriamere hæfþ his wæter of regne and of þūsendum lytelra brōca. Sēo mæste ēac þe iernð in þisne mere is Kagera Ēa, þære mūþa līþ on Uictoriameres westrīman. Uictoriameres wæter iernþ ūt be Nīle earm be naman Uictorianīlus se se hēafodstrēam þæs Hwītan Nīles) se iernð of þæm mere nēah Jinja on Ugandan, on þæs meres norþernum rīman.
Land and wæter[adihtan | ādihtan fruman]
Uictoriamere līþ in undēop depression in Affrican and his dēposta stede is 276 fēt under þæs wætres andwlītan and his medume dēopþu is 130 fēt. Þes mere forswelgeð wæter of stōwe so bewrēoþ 71,000 mīla þæs feowerscytes and his rīma is 3,000 mīlalang, mid īegum or 3.7% þisre lengþan.