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Lake Mweru
Sign in to savelake in Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo
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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- Instance of
- lake
- Part of
- Rift Valley lakes
- Area
- 4650
- Elevation
- 927
- Image
- Lake mweru.jpg
- Width
- 45
- Length
- 96
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- topic's main category
- Category:Lake Mweru
- outflows
- Luvua River
- inflows
- Kalungwishi River
- basin country
- Zambia
- vertical depth
- 37
- drainage basin
- Congo Basin
- volume as quantity
- 38
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
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'.
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