Lake, eastern Africa.
One of the great lakes of the western Great Rift Valley , it lies on the border of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda and is 48 mi (77 km) long and 26 mi (42 km) wide. On the northeast it is connected to the smaller Lake George . Lake Edward empties north through the Semliki River to Lake Albert . The lake abounds in fish; wildlife on its shores is protected within Virunga National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park . It was named by Henry Morton Stanley , who visited the lake in 1888–89.