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Uganda is located in EasternAfrica, West ofKenya, South ofSouth Sudan, East of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, and North ofRwanda andTanzania. While much of its border is on lakeshores,Uganda islandlocked with no access to the sea port but it is a fertile and well-watered country that consists of many lakes and rivers including the largest,Lake Victoria. The country sits in the heart of theGreat Lakes region, withLake Edward,Lake George andLake Albert on its Western border,Lake Kyoga in the Eastern part of Uganda. It is found in Central Saharan Africa and receives reliable rainfall throughout the year. Rivers areRiver Nile the longest river in Africa,River Kagera,River Katonga, River Semiliki andRiver Sezibwa.
The climate is tropical and equatorial as well with two dry spells (December to February, June to August).[1] While the Northeast of the country issemiarid[1] and Districts falling prey include Moroto, Kabong, Nakapiripiriti, Karenga. The terrain of Uganda mostly consist ofplateaus surrounded by a rim of mountains including theRwenzori mountain range.[1] Notable national parks includeBwindi,Rwenzori Mountains which has snow on its peak, Margherita,Kibale,Mgahinga National Park,Mount Elgon National game Park,Kidepo National game Park andQueen Elizabeth National game Park, with thick forests to modify climate and to mention; Uganda's plant cover is Savannah.However, Forests also act as a source of Herbal Medicine.Some geographical places like Jinja and Kapchorwa have water Springs like Muchsion falls, Bujagali falls, karuma falls and Sipii falls that aids Hydro Electric Power Generation and to cite out; Bujagali falls generates 5MW that is exported to our physically disadvantaged neighbourhood in the names Rwanda and Burundi.Inselbergs are common features in the geography of Uganda. The inselbergs are commonly made ofgranite, sometimes ofgneiss and never ofamphibolite orvolcanic rock.[2] Protrudingquartzite hills tend to form ridges rather than "true inselbergs".[2]
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Area:[3]
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:[1]
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: 614 metres (2,014 ft) Albert Nile at border with South Sudan[1]
highest point: 5,111 metres (16,768 ft)[3] Margherita Peak onMount Stanley[1]
Natural resources:
copper, cobalt,hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold[1]
Land use: (2012)[4]
arable land: 69,000 square kilometres (27,000 square miles) 34.41%
permanent crops: 22,500 square kilometres (8,700 square miles) 11.22%
forest cover: 28,100 square kilometres (10,800 square miles) 14.01%
other: 80,931 square kilometres (31,248 sq mi) 40.36%
Irrigated land: (2012)[4]
140 square kilometres (54 square miles)
Total renewable water resources:
66 cubic kilometres (16 cu mi) (2011)[5] or 60 cubic kilometres (14 cu mi) (2012)[6]
Environment — current issues:
draining of wetlands for agricultural use,deforestation,overgrazing,soil erosion,water hyacinth infestation inLake Victoria, widespread poaching[1]
Environment — international agreements:
party to:
signed, but not ratified:
Geography — note: Uganda is one of six African states that lies on the equator. Most of Uganda lies north of the equator.
Uganda has a warm tropical climate with temperatures falling in the 25 to 29 °C (77.0 to 84.2 °F) range on an average. The months from December to February are the hottest, but even during this season the evenings can be pleasant with temperatures in the 17 to 18 °C (62.6 to 64.4 °F) range.[7]
Most of Uganda receives an annual rainfall of 1,000 to 1,500 millimetres or 40 to 60 inches. 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.[7] In the north, there is only one rainy season from March to November, and a dry season from December to February.
| Climate data for Kampala | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33 (91) | 36 (97) | 33 (91) | 33 (91) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 36 (97) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.8 (82.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.7 (72.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.6 (63.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 12 (54) | 14 (57) | 13 (55) | 14 (57) | 15 (59) | 12 (54) | 12 (54) | 12 (54) | 13 (55) | 13 (55) | 14 (57) | 12 (54) | 12 (54) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 68.4 (2.69) | 63.0 (2.48) | 131.5 (5.18) | 169.3 (6.67) | 117.5 (4.63) | 69.2 (2.72) | 63.1 (2.48) | 95.7 (3.77) | 108.4 (4.27) | 138.0 (5.43) | 148.7 (5.85) | 91.5 (3.60) | 1,264.3 (49.77) |
| Average rainy days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.8 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 93.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 66 | 68.5 | 73 | 78.5 | 80.5 | 78.5 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 75.5 | 73.5 | 73 | 71.5 | 74.5 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 155 | 170 | 155 | 120 | 124 | 180 | 186 | 155 | 150 | 155 | 150 | 124 | 1,824 |
| Source 1:World Meteorological Organization,[8]Climate-Data.org for mean temperatures[9] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:BBC Weather[10] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Gulu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.2 (88.2) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.3 (84.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23 (73) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.0 (73.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) | 17 (63) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.1 (61.0) | 16.8 (62.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17 (0.7) | 32 (1.3) | 88 (3.5) | 164 (6.5) | 182 (7.2) | 146 (5.7) | 159 (6.3) | 217 (8.5) | 179 (7.0) | 185 (7.3) | 102 (4.0) | 36 (1.4) | 1,507 (59.4) |
| Source:Climate-Data.org, altitude: 1116m[9] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Entebbe, Uganda (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 28.9 (84.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 31.7 (89.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.1 (79.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.9 (64.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.0 (50.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 86.7 (3.41) | 84.4 (3.32) | 184.5 (7.26) | 264.4 (10.41) | 253.8 (9.99) | 116.2 (4.57) | 72.1 (2.84) | 77.8 (3.06) | 79.0 (3.11) | 127.6 (5.02) | 171.7 (6.76) | 120.6 (4.75) | 1,638.8 (64.52) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.3 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 10.7 | 13.6 | 10.2 | 124.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 234 | 204 | 205 | 181 | 191 | 187 | 197 | 194 | 194 | 205 | 202 | 214 | 2,408 |
| Source 1:World Meteorological Organization[11] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:Deutscher Wetterdienst (extremes and humidity),[12]Danish Meteorological Institute (sun, 1931–1960)[13] | |||||||||||||
