Albert Nyanza, ni-an za, one of the great lakes of Central Africa. It lies in the great rift between Uganda and the Congo State. Its surface is 2,720 feet above the level of the sea. The lake discharges its waters northward through the White Nile. It is ninety-seven miles in length, and is about one-fourth as wide. It is about one-fifteenth as large as the Victoria Nyanza. The shores are picturesque, mountains and cliffs rising from 1,500 to 7,000 feet above the surface of the lake. Nyanza is a Bantu word meaning great water. The lake was first visited by Sir Samuel Baker in 1864. It was named for Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. See NYANZA; UGANDA.