Lake Tanganyika

E32295

African Great Lake freshwater lake rift lake

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Tanganyika canonical	54
Lake Tanganyika (Tanzanian portion)	1
Lake Tanganyika area	1
Lake Tanganyika basin	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African Great Lake ⓘ freshwater lake ⓘ rift lake ⓘ
age	on the order of millions of years ⓘ
averageDepth	about 1870 feet ⓘ about 570 metres ⓘ
basinCountry	Angola ⓘ Burundi ⓘ Central African Republic ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ
border	Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ
cityOnShore	Africa/Bujumbura ⓘ surface form: Bujumbura Kigoma ⓘ Mpulungu ⓘ South Kivu ⓘ surface form: Uvira
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ
ecosystemType	meromictic lake ⓘ
knownFor	exceptional biodiversity ⓘ high level of endemic fish species ⓘ large number of cichlid species ⓘ
length	about 418 miles ⓘ about 673 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Albertine Rift ⓘ Central Africa ⓘ East Africa ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 1470 metres ⓘ about 4820 feet ⓘ
outflow	Lukuga River ⓘ
partOf	East African Rift ⓘ
rankByAge	one of the oldest freshwater lakes in the world ⓘ
rankByDepth	second-deepest freshwater lake in the world ⓘ
rankByVolume	second-largest freshwater lake by volume in the world ⓘ
salinity	very low ⓘ
surfaceArea	about 12600 square miles ⓘ about 32600 square kilometres ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ transportation ⓘ
volume	about 18900 cubic kilometres ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kigoma Region → borders → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → hasMajorLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Tanzania → hasLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

East Africa → contains → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Western Zone of Tanzania → bordersWaterBody → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Western Zone of Tanzania → hasShoreOn → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Western Zone of Tanzania → hasLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Western Zone of Tanzania → hasCoastlineOn → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Lake Tanganyika shoreline → partOf → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Lake Tanganyika shoreline → locatedOnLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Bembe people → associatedBodyOfWater → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Kigoma → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Kigoma → lakeShoreCityOf → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Mahale Mountains National Park → locatedOnShoreOf → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Mahale Mountains National Park → hasCoastlineOn → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Burundi → hasShoreOn → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Burundi → majorLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

East African Rift → contains → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Uvinza → locatedNear → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

David Livingstone → explored → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Equatorial lakes region → contains → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region

Tanganyika → containsPartOf → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Tanganyika → borders → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Tanganyika → namedAfter → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

South Kivu → borders → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Gombe Stream National Park → borderedBy → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

African Great Lakes → containsLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Great Lakes peoples → associatedWith → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Fipa → traditionalTerritoryNear → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Ufipa Plateau → borders → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Ufipa Plateau → drainageBasin → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Tanganyika basin

Kalemie → locatedOn → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Great Lakes Region of Africa → contains → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Albertine Rift → contains → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Mpulungu → locatedOn → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Mpulungu → waterBody → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

mainland Tanzania → contains → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Tanganyika (Tanzanian portion)

Rift Valley escarpments → borders → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Kigoma Airport → servesRegion → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Tanganyika area

Kigoma Airport → servesLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Rukwa Region → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Kasulu District → locatedNear → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → contains → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system

Albertine Rift Mountains → borders → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Lake Kivu → flowsSouthTo → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Lake Kivu → isNorthOf → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Uvinza District → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Uvinza District in Kigoma Region → locatedNear → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

subject surface form: Uvinza District

Mount Heha → proximityToLake → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ

Cichlidae → notableRegion → Lake Tanganyika ⓘ