Editing Uganda (section)

==Geography==
{{Main|Geography of Uganda|Wildlife of Uganda}}
[[File:Uganda, 2005.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Relief map of Uganda]]
Uganda is located in southeast Africa between 1º S and 4º N latitude, and between 30º E and 35º E longitude. Its geography is very diverse, consisting of volcanic hills, mountains, and lakes. The country sits at an average of 900 meters above sea level. Both the eastern and western borders of Uganda have mountains. The Ruwenzori mountain range contains the highest peak in Uganda, which is named Alexandra and measures {{convert|5094|m}}.

===Lakes and rivers===

Much of the south of the country is heavily influenced by one of the world's biggest lakes, Lake Victoria, which contains many islands. The most important cities are located in the south, near this lake, including the capital [[Kampala]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LccRAwAAQBAJ&dq=Jamhuri+ya+Uganda+swahili&pg=PA745 |title=Britannica Book of the Year 2014 |date=1 March 2014 |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. |isbn=978-1-62513-171-3 |page=745 |language=en |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227190929/https://books.google.com/books?id=LccRAwAAQBAJ&dq=Jamhuri+ya+Uganda+swahili&pg=PA745 |archive-date=27 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Amendment_2005">{{cite web |author=Parliament of the Republic of Uganda |date=26 September 2005 |title=Constitutional Amendment Act 2005 |url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/cmis/views/87694c9d-0255-4d29-bf41-d89407bfc287%253B1.0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426210442/https://www.parliament.go.ug/cmis/views/87694c9d-0255-4d29-bf41-d89407bfc287%253B1.0 |archive-date=26 April 2021 |access-date=28 August 2020 |website=Parliament.go.ug |publisher=Republic of Uganda |quote=§I.3:6.(2): Swahili shall be the second official language in Uganda to be used in such circumstances as Parliament may by law prescribe.}}</ref> and the nearby city of [[Entebbe]].<ref name=DataBasin/> [[Lake Kyoga]] is in the centre of the country and is surrounded by extensive marshy areas.<ref>{{Britannica|325970}}</ref>
[[File:Evening, Nile River, Uganda.jpg|thumb|Great Nile River, Uganda]]
Although landlocked, Uganda contains many large lakes. Besides Lakes Victoria and Kyoga, there are [[Lake Albert (Africa)|Lake Albert]], [[Lake Edward]], and the smaller [[Lake George (Uganda)|Lake George]].<ref name="DataBasin" /> It lies almost completely within the [[Nile]] basin. The Victoria Nile drains from Lake Victoria into Lake Kyoga and thence into Lake Albert on the Congolese border. It then runs northwards into [[South Sudan]]. An area in eastern Uganda is drained by the [[Turkwel River|Suam River]], part of the internal drainage basin of [[Lake Turkana]]. The extreme north-eastern part of Uganda drains into the Lotikipi Basin, which is primarily in Kenya.<ref name="DataBasin">{{cite web | url=http://databasin.org/maps/new#datasets=878c064ec5d8440493f9924f90b58af1 | title=Maps | website=Data Basin | access-date=14 September 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906155539/http://databasin.org/maps/new#datasets=878c064ec5d8440493f9924f90b58af1 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Biodiversity and conservation===
{{Main|Conservation in Uganda}}
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map UGA present.svg|thumb|upright=1.25|Uganda map of Köppen climate classification]]

Uganda has [[List of Protected Areas in Uganda|60 protected areas]], including ten national parks: [[Bwindi Impenetrable National Park]] and [[Rwenzori Mountains National Park]] (both UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list|title=World Heritage List|access-date=4 June 2013|archive-date=14 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314170923/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list|url-status=live}}</ref>), [[Kibale National Park]], [[Kidepo Valley National Park]], [[Lake Mburo National Park]], [[Mgahinga Gorilla National Park]], [[Mount Elgon National Park]], [[Murchison Falls National Park]], [[Queen Elizabeth National Park]], and [[Semuliki National Park]].

Uganda is home to a vast number of species, including a population of [[mountain gorillas]] in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, gorillas and [[golden monkey]]s in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and [[hippo]]s in the Murchison Falls National Park.<ref>{{cite book|title=Watching Wildlife: East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda|year=2009|publisher=Lonely Planet}}</ref>
[[Jackfruit]] can also be found throughout the country.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/6838543 | doi=10.1007/s10722-019-00830-5 | title=Exploring the genetic diversity of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) grown in Uganda based on SSR markers | year=2020 | last1=Nakintu | first1=Justine | last2=Albrecht | first2=Christian | last3=Müller | first3=Christina M. | last4=Kagoro-Rugunda | first4=Grace | last5=Andama | first5=Morgan | last6=Olet | first6=Eunice A. | last7=Lejju | first7=Julius B. | last8=Gemeinholzer | first8=Birgit | journal=Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution | volume=67 | issue=3 | pages=605–619 | s2cid=201983253 | access-date=13 January 2023 | archive-date=13 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113170255/https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/6838543 | url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:033 Male Ugandan kob trying to seduce a female at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg|thumb|Male Ugandan kob trying to seduce a female at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo]]
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