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Lake Mweru

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Lake Mweru

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lake in Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Lake Mweru is a large body of water located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is an important natural resource for the region, supporting fishing communities and serving as part of the shared water systems of Central Africa.

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Lake Mweru (also spelled Mwelu, Mwero) (French: Lac Moero, Swahili: Ziwa Mweru) is a freshwater lake on the longest arm of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo. Located on the border between Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, it makes up 110 kilometres (68 mi) of the total length of the Congo, lying between its Luapula River (upstream) and Luvua River (downstream) segments.

Mweru means 'lake' in a number of Bantu languages, so it is often referred to as just 'Mweru'.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Mweru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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