Lake Tanganyika
Appearance
Lake Tanganyika | |
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Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika (Kirundi) | |
![]() Lake Tanganyika space se, June 1985 | |
![]() Lake Tanganyika map | |
Coordinates | 6°06′S 29°30′E / 6.1°S 29.5°E |
Lake ke rakam | Ancient lake, Rift Valley Lake |
Khaas inflows | Ruzizi River Malagarasi River Kalambo River |
Primary outflows | Lukuga River |
Catchment area | 231,000 km2 (89,000 sq mi) |
Basin ke des | Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia |
Max. lambaai | 673 km (418 mi) |
Max. chaurraai | 72 km (45 mi) |
Surface area | 32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi) |
Average gahiraai | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
Max. gahiraai | 1,470 m (4,820 ft) |
Water volume | 18,750 km3 (4,500 cu mi) |
Residence time | 5500 years[1] |
Shore length1 | 1,828 km (1,136 mi) |
Unchaai | 773 m (2,536 ft)[2] |
Basti | Kigoma, Tanzania Rukwa, Tanzania Kalemie, the DRC Bujumbura, Burundi Mpulungu, Zambia |
References | [2] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |

Wikimedia Commons me Lake Tanganyika ke baare me kuchh media hae.
Lake Tanganyika, central Africa me ek barraa talaab hae. Ii lake chaar des me hae – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania aur Zambia.
- ↑ Yohannes, Okbazghi (2008). Water resources and inter-riparian relations in the Nile basin. SUNY Press. p. 127.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "LAKE TANGANYIKA". World Lake Database, International Lake Environment Committee Foundation. Retrieved January 12, 2025.