During WWI several minor naval engagements were fought on this lake whose overflow is carried to the Atlantic by the Lukuga River.
During WWI several minor naval engagements were fought on this lake whose overflow is carried to the Atlantic by the Lukuga River. It runs roughly 420 miles from north to south, but only reaches a maximum width of 45 miles, giving rise to its characteristic narrowness. At 12,700 square miles it is the second largest in Africa, and its maximum depth of 4,700 feet makes it the second deepest freshwater lake in the world. Just north of Lake Nyasa, FTP, what is this lake of the Great Rift Valley on the borders of Tanzania, Congo, Zambia, and Burundi?
During WWI several minor naval engagements were fought on this lake whose overflow is carried to the Atlantic by the Lukuga River.
Tanganyika