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Coordinates 6°30′S 29°30′ECoordinates: 6°30′S 29°30′E Lake type
Rift Valley Lake Primary sources Ruzizi River Malagarasi River
Kalambo River Primary outflows Lukuga River Catchment area
231,000 km² Basin countries Burundi Max length 673 km Max width
50km / 72km Surface area 32,900 km² Average depth 570m Max depth
1,470m Water volume 18,900 km³ Shore length1 1,828 km Surface
elevation 773m Settlements Kigoma, Tanzania Kalemie, DRC  Lake
Tanganyika is a large lake in Central Africa that is estimated
to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume
and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in
Siberia. It is also the world's longest freshwater lake and one
of the world's oldest lakes, having been formed around twenty
million years ago.  Located at the southern end of the Western
Rift Valley, the lake is divided among four countries—Burundi,
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),