🌊 Lake Tanganyika

Tanzania · Africa · 773 m · 6.10°S, 29.50°E

Lake 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, 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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Quick facts

Country	Tanzania
Continent / region	Africa
Surface elevation	773 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	6.10°S, 29.50°E · view on map

Lake Tanganyika sits at 773 m in Tanzania, in Africa. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More lakes in Tanzania

Lake Malawi · Lake Ambussel · Lake Eyasi · Lake Manyara · Lake Ngozi · Lake Babati · Lake Sulunga · Lake Burigi.

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