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Lake Tanganyika

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Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake within the Albertine Rift branch of the East African Rift system, bordered by Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Zambia. It is the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in both cases, and it holds an estimated 250 endemic cichlid fish species.

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Area (sq km)
32,900 1
Maximum Depth (m)
1470 1
Elevation (m)
773 1
Length (km)
673 1
Latitude
6.1 degrees south 1
Longitude
29.5 degrees east 1
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The Great Rift Valley, Landforms
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Borders

Burundi, Countries
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Countries
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Tanzania, Countries
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Zambia, Countries
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On Continent

Africa, Continents
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1. Lake Tanganyika (Wikipedia)
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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.
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32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi)
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1,470 m (4,820 ft)
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773 m (2,536 ft)
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673 km (418 mi)
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6.1S 29.5E
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Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia
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Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia
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Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia
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Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia
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