Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
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Key Facts
- Country: Tanzania[3], Democratic Republic of the Congo[4], Burundi[5], Zambia[6]
- Inflows: Ruzizi River[7], Malagarasi River[8], Kalambo River[9], Mulobozi[10]
- Outflows: Lukuga River[11]
- Basin country: Burundi[12], Democratic Republic of the Congo[13], Tanzania[14], Zambia[15]
- Part of: African Great Lakes[16], Rift Valley lakes[17]
- Commons category: Lake Tanganyika[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Tanganyika[19]
- Commons gallery: Lake Tanganyika[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[26]
- Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[27]
- Native label: Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika[28], Ziwa Tanganyika[29], Lake Tanganyika[30], lac Tanganyika[31]
- Different from: Lake Uniamési[32]
- Length: 673 km[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 773 m[34]
- Area: 32,900 km²[35]
- Width: 72 km[36]
- Watershed area: 231,000 km²[37]
- Volume as quantity: 18,900 cubic kilometre[38]
- Perimeter: 1828 km[39]
- World Heritage criteria: (viii)[40], (ix)[41], (x)[42]
- Vertical depth: 1433 m[43], 570 m[44]
- Drainage basin: Congo Basin[45]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[46]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lake Tanganyika[47]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Tanganyika include Tanganyika[48], a sovereign state[49], founded in 1961[50].
Why It Matters
Lake Tanganyika has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for it include Tanganyika[48], a sovereign state[49], founded in 1961[50].