Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake by area and the largest tropical lake in the world with a surface area of 68,800 km2 (26,600 sq. mi), Lake Victoria is the world’s second-largest freshwater lake by surface area, after Lake Superior in North America. In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world’s ninth largest continental lake, containing about 2,750 cubic kilometres (2.23×109 acre•ft) of water. The Lake has a shoreline of 4,828 km (3,000 mi), with islands constituting 3.7% of this length, and is shared by three countries: Kenya (6% or 4,100 km2 or 1,600 sq. mi), Uganda (45%or 31,000 km2 or 12,000 sq. mi), and Tanzania (49% or 33,700 km2 or 13,000 sq mi). Lake Victoria offers the opportunity for hooking one of the world’s largest freshwater fish the Nile Perch.