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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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
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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Associated With

East Africa, Regions
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The Congo River, Bodies of Water
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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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Shaped By

Continental Rifting, Physical Processes
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Sources
1. Lake Tanganyika (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Lake Tanganyika ( 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.
  • Infobox, Surface area
    32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Max. depth
    1,470 m (4,820 ft)
  • Infobox, Surface elevation
    773 m (2,536 ft)
  • Infobox, Max. length
    673 km (418 mi)
  • Infobox, Coordinates field
    6.1S 29.5E
  • Biology, Cichlid fishes section
    The cichlids of the African Great Lakes, including Tanganyika, represent the most diverse extent of adaptive radiation in vertebrates.
  • Shaped By: Continental Rifting, Formation statement for target 287645
    It is the largest rift lake in Africa and the second-largest freshwater lake by volume in the world.
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Wikidata: Lake Tanganyika
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