2018年6月27日 · Lake Tanganyika [1], second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680 km) long and up to 45 mi (72 km) wide.

2018年5月11日 · Victoria, Lake (Victoria Nyanza) Lake in e central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The second-largest freshwater lake in the world, it is the chief reservoir of the River Nile. Its long coastline provides harbours for coastal towns, notably Kampala, Kisumu, and Mwanza. Area: 68,000sq km (26,000sq mi).

2018年5月11日 · About one-quarter of all the Nile waters entering Lake Nasser are lost to evaporation and seepage. The largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Nasser has a major role in Egypt's fishing industry, yielding 15,000 to 25,000 tons per annum. Original hopes that Lake Nasser would also support agriculture in its vicinity, however, have yet to be ...

2018年5月21日 · Malawi, Lake (formerly Lake Nyasa) Lake in the Great Rift Valley of e central Africa, bordered by Tanzania (n), Mozambique (e) and Malawi (s and w). First sighted by the explorer Caspar Boccaro in 1616, the lake was visited by David Livingstone in 1859. The third-largest lake in Africa, it is fed chiefly by the River Ruhuhu and drained by the ...

2018年5月9日 · Speke served in the army in India before setting out with Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) to explore the African interior. Together they discovered Lake Tanganyika and then, traveling alone, Speke discovered Lake Victoria, which he recognized as the source of the Nile. When, upon his return to England, his claim about the Nile's source was ...

Lake Tanganyika is internationally famous for its scenic beauty. Points of interest include Bujumbura, the capital, on Lake Tanganyika; Gitega, the former capital, with its museum and traditional handicraft center; and the Mosso area in the southeast, with its fairly abundant wildlife. The northeast has a great variety of tropical birds.

Among these, Stanley set out in 1874 to circumnavigate the enormous Lake Victoria to see if it was a single body of water, and—more importantly—to see if it was the much-sought-after source of the Nile River. Stanley also planned to circumnavigate Lake Tanganyika, to see if it was the source of the Nile, as Burton had suggested. Finally ...

2018年6月8日 · Rwanda and Burundi are mountainous countries in east-central Africa. Burundi shares a northern border with Rwanda. Rwanda's northern border is with Uganda. Both countries are bounded by the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) to the west and Tanzania to the east, but much of western Burundi is bounded by Lake Tanganyika. The combined ...

Kalemie (kälā´mē), formerly Albertville (älbĕrvēl´), city (1984 pop. 73,528), Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa), on Lake Tanganyika at the mouth of the Lukuga River. It is a commercial center and a rail-steamer transfer point, handling goods moving between the Congo and Tanzania. Manufactures include textiles and cement.

Ujiji (ōōjē´jē), municipality, Kigoma prov., W Tanzania, suburb of Kigoma city, on Lake Tanganyika. Ujiji was an important settlement of Arab and Swahili ivory and slave traders between c.1850 and c.1890. The explorer Henry M. Stanley successfully ended his search for David Livingstone at Ujiji on Nov. 10, 1871. There are fisheries.