Lake Tanganyika
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Lake Tanganyika is one of the African Great Lakes, renowned as one of the world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lakes, spanning several countries in East and Central Africa.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African Great Lake
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freshwater lake → rift lake → |
| age |
on the order of millions of years
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| averageDepth |
about 1870 feet
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about 570 metres → |
| basinCountry |
Angola
→
Burundi → Central African Republic → Democratic Republic of the Congo → Rwanda → Tanzania → Zambia → |
| border |
Burundi
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Democratic Republic of the Congo → Tanzania → Zambia → |
| cityOnShore |
Bujumbura
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Kigoma → Mpulungu → Uvira → |
| continent |
Africa
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| country |
Burundi
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Democratic Republic of the Congo → Tanzania → Zambia → |
| ecosystemType |
meromictic lake
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| knownFor |
exceptional biodiversity
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high level of endemic fish species → large number of cichlid species → |
| length |
about 418 miles
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about 673 kilometres → |
| locatedIn |
Albertine Rift
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Central Africa → East Africa → |
| maximumDepth |
about 1470 metres
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about 4820 feet → |
| outflow |
Lukuga River
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| partOf |
East African Rift
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|
| rankByAge |
one of the oldest freshwater lakes in the world
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| rankByDepth |
second-deepest freshwater lake in the world
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| rankByVolume |
second-largest freshwater lake by volume in the world
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| salinity |
very low
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| surfaceArea |
about 12600 square miles
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about 32600 square kilometres → |
| usedFor |
fishing
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tourism → transportation → |
| volume |
about 18900 cubic kilometres
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| waterType |
freshwater
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