Size: 241,139 square kilometers, including 44,000 square kilometers of open water or swampland.

Topography: Mostly plateau that slopes gently toward north, with central downwarp occupied by Lake Kyoga. Mountains on east and west. Highest peak of Mount Stanley is Margherita (5,113 meters). Approximately one-half of Lake Victoria (10,200 square kilometers) lies within Uganda and is source of Nile River.

Climate: Equatorial climate, moderated by altitude. Rainfall varies from more than 2,100 millimeters around Lake Victoria to about 500 millimeters in northeast. Vegetation heaviest in south thins to savanna and dry plains in northeast.

Data as of December 1990