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Lake Tanganyika eastern Shore in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma Region, Tanzania. Lake Tanganyika (/ ˌ t æ ŋ ɡ ə n ˈ j iː k ə,-ɡ æ n-/ TANG-gən-YEE-kə, -gan-; [4] Kirundi: Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake. [5] It is the second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia.
Mahale Mountains National Park lies on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika in Uvinza District of Kigoma Region, Tanzania. Named after the Mahale Mountains range that is within its borders, the park has several unusual characteristics. First, it is one of only two protected areas for chimpanzees in the country.
In January 1866, the Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone, who crusaded against the slave trade, went to Zanzibar, from where he sought the source of the Nile, and established his last mission at Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. After having lost contact with the outside world for years, he was "found" there on 10 November ...
The Jefferson County, New York, sheriff’s office, near Lake Ontario, which is under a state of emergency, issued a “no unnecessary travel” advisory urging travelers to stay off the roads.
Barnes Corners, New York, saw 65.5 inches – over 5 feet – by Monday morning, according to the weather service. Lake-effect warnings for parts of western New York, northeastern Ohio and ...
Baraka is bordered by the Lweba River to the north, the Mutambala River to the south, Lake Tanganyika to the east, and the Lu'e River, Efuma Mountain, and Makundu Mountain to the west. [1] [2] Baraka was a small fishing village. In 1882, the village became the first administrative entity in Kivu to adopt an urban model. [1]
The first significant lake-effect snow event is well underway across the Great Lakes and interior Northeast, and AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn of additional heavy snow remaining in ...
Verney Lovett Cameron reached the river at the point where it left the lake in May 1874 on his journey across Africa from east to west. He confirmed that it was the only outlet of Lake Tanganyika, but was unable to get a guide to accompany him down the river to verify that it flowed into the Lualaba. [19] In 1876 Henry Morton Stanley visited ...