Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika from space, June 1985 map Coordinates 6°30′S 29°50′E Lake type Rift Valley Lake Primary inflows Ruzizi River Malagarasi River Kalambo River Primary outflows Lukuga River Catchment area 231,000 km2 (89,000 sq mi) Basin countries Burundi DR Congo Tanzania Zambia Max. length 673 km (418 mi) Max. width 72 km (45 mi) Surface area 32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi) Average depth 570 m (1,870 ft) Max. depth 1,470 m (4,820 ft) Water volume 18,900 km3 (4,500 cu mi) Residence time 5500 years[1] Shore length1 1,828 km (1,136 mi) Surface elevation 773 m (2,536 ft)[2] Settlements Kigoma, Tanzania Kalemie, DRC References [2] 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, in both cases, after only Lake Baikal in Siberia;[3] it is also the worlds longest freshwater lake. The lake is divided 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. The water flows into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean.
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