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.
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, including Moroto, Kabong, Nakapiripiriti, and Karenga districts. The terrain of Uganda mostly consist of plateaus surrounded by a rim of mountains including the Rwenzori Mountain range. Notable national parks include Bwindi, Rwenzori Mountains which has snow on its peak, Margherita, Kibale, Mgahinga National Park, Mount Elgon National game Park, Kidepo National game Park and Queen Elizabeth National game Park, with thick forests to modify climate. 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 Murchison Falls, Bujagali Falls, karuma falls and Sipii falls that aids Hydro Electric Power Generation and to cite out; Bujagali falls generates 5 MW 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 of granite, sometimes of gneiss and never of amphibolite or volcanic rock. Protruding quartzite hills tend to form ridges rather than "true inselbergs".
Area: <br />total: <br />land: <br />water:
Land boundaries: <br />total: <br />border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , South Sudan , Tanzania , Rwanda
Elevation extremes: <br />lowest point: Albert Nile at border with South Sudan <br />highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley
Natural resources: <br />copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold
Land use: (2012) <br />arable land: () 34.41% <br />permanent crops: () 11.22% <br />forest cover: () 14.01% <br />other: 40.36%
Irrigated land: (2012) <br /> ()
Total renewable water resources: <br /> (2011) or (2012)
Environment â current issues: <br />draining of wetlands for agricultural use, deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria, widespread poaching
Environment â international agreements: <br />party to:
signed, but not ratified:
Geography â 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 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 range.
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. In the north, there is only one rainy season from March to November, and a dry season from December to February.