Lake Tanganyika
Also known as Tanganyika
lake in Africa
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Lake Tanganyika is a large lake located in Africa that is bordered by several countries in the east-central part of the continent. It is an important freshwater resource and ecosystem that supports fish populations and communities that depend on it.
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Lake Tanganyika eastern shore in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma Region, Tanzania Lake Tanganyika (/ˌtæŋɡənˈjiːkə, -ɡæn-/ TANG-gən-YEE-kə, -gan-; Kirundi: Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake. It is the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. It is also the 6th largest lake by area. 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 via the Lukuga River into the Congo River system, which ultimately discharges at Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo into the Atlantic Ocean.
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African Great LakesAncient lakesBorder tripointsBurundi–Democratic Republic of the Congo borderBurundi–Tanzania borderDemocratic Republic of the Congo–Tanzania borderDemocratic Republic of the Congo–Zambia borderEcoregions of BurundiEcoregions of TanzaniaEcoregions of the Democratic Republic of the CongoEcoregions of ZambiaFreshwater ecoregions of Africa