Lake Tanganyika | |
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Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika (Kirundi) | |
![]() Lake Tanganyika from space, June 1985 | |
![]() Lake Tanganyika map | |
Coordinates | 6°06′S 29°30′E / 6.1°S 29.5°E |
Lake type | Ancient lake, Rift Valley Lake |
Primary inflows | Ruzizi River Malagarasi River Kalambo River |
Primary outflows | Lukuga River |
Catchment area | 231,000 km2 (89,000 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia |
Max. length | 673 km (418 mi) |
Max. width | 72 km (45 mi) |
Surface area | 32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi) |
Average depth | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
Max. depth | 1,470 m (4,820 ft) |
Water volume | 18,750 km3 (4,500 cu mi) |
Residence time | 5500 years[1] |
Shore length1 | 1,828 km (1,136 mi) |
Surface elevation | 773 m (2,536 ft)[2] |
Settlements | Kigoma, Tanzania Kalemie, the DRC Bujumbura, Burundi Mpulungu, Zambia |
References | [2] |
Official name | Tanganyika |
Designated | 2 February 2007 |
Reference no. | 1671[3] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Lake Tanganyika (/ˌtæŋɡənˈjiːkə, -ɡæn-/ TANG-gən-YEE-kə, -gan-;[4] Kirundi: Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake.[5] It is the second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia.[6][7] It is the world's longest freshwater lake.[6] The lake is shared among four countries—Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC), Burundi, and Zambia—with Tanzania (46%) and the DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean.[citation needed]
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