Geography of Uganda
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. It is in the heart of the Great Lakes region, and is surrounded by three of them, Lake Edward, Lake Albert, and Lake Victoria. While much of its border is lakeshore, Uganda is [[ landlocked]] with no access to the sea.
The country is mostly plateau with a rim of mountains.
The climate is tropical and generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August). It is semiarid in the northeast.
Geographic coordinates: 1°00′N 32°00′E / 1.000°N 32.000°E
Area:
total: 241,551 square kilometres (93,263 sq mi)
land: 200,523 square kilometres (77,422 sq mi)
water: 41,028 square kilometres (15,841 sq mi)
Land boundaries:
total: 2,729 kilometres (1,696 mi)
border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 877 kilometres (545 mi), Kenya 814 kilometres (506 mi), South Sudan 475 kilometres (295 mi), Tanzania 391 kilometres (243 mi), Rwanda 172 kilometres (107 mi)
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: 620 metres (2,030 ft) Lake Albert
highest point: 5,111 metres (16,768 ft) Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley
Natural resources:
copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold
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