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thumb|250px|A United Nations map of Uganda
thumb|Location of Uganda
thumb|Uganda map of Köppen climate classification.
Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, west of Kenya, south of South Sudan, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and north of Rwanda and Tanzania. Despite its lengthy lakeshore, Uganda is landlocked with no access to sea. Uganda sits in the heart of the Great Lakes region and consists of many lakes and rivers including the largest fresh water lake in Africa, Lake Victoria. Other notable lakes include Lake Edward, Lake George and Lake Albert along its western border and Lake Kyoga in the east. The longest river in the world, the Nile, flows through Uganda as well as the Kagera River, Katonga River, Semiliki River and Sezibwa River.
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The climate is generally tropical and equatorial with two dry periods from December to February and June to August. The northeast of the country is semiarid, Protruding quartzite hills tend to form ridges rather than "true inselbergs".
<br />total:
<br />land:
<br />water:
; Area comparative
:* Australia comparative: slightly larger than Victoria
:* Canada comparative: slightly less than half the size of the Yukon
:* United States comparative: slightly smaller than Wyoming
:* EU comparative: slightly larger than Romania
Land boundaries:
<br />arable land: () 34.41%
<br />permanent crops: () 11.22%
<br />forest cover: () 14.01%
<br />other: 40.36%
Irrigated land: (2012) or (2012)
Environment — current issues:
<br />draining of wetlands for agricultural use, deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria, widespread poaching
Most of Uganda receives an annual rainfall of . The rainy seasons are from March to May and from September to November. During these months, heavy rains can make roads and terrains hard to traverse. The period from January to February and again from June to August are dry. Climate-Data.org for mean temperatures
|date=August 2010
Climate change
See also
- List of Protected Areas in Uganda
References
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