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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.
Mastacembelus is a genus of many species of spiny eel fish from the family Mastacembelidae.They are native to Africa (c. 45 species) and Asia (c. 15 species). [4] Most are found in rivers and associated systems (even in rapids [5]), but there are also species in other freshwater habitats and a particularly rich radiation is found in the Lake Tanganyika basin with 15 species (14 endemic).
Populated places on Lake Tanganyika (1 C, 5 P) T. Tanganyika Province (4 C, 20 P) Tributaries of Lake Tanganyika (5 P) Pages in category "Lake Tanganyika"
Rumaliza and his Magwangwara auxiliaries occupied five posts on the northeast coast of Lake Tanganyika between 1884 and 1894. He launched a series of raids into the mountains and up the Rusizi River valley as far as Lake Kivu. [10] The HM Company, a trading organization led by Tippu Tip, appeared in 1883.
British explorers Richard Burton and John Speke crossed the interior to Lake Tanganyika in June 1857. [4] 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 ...
Mastacembelus platysoma is one of fourteen species of spiny eel which live in Lake Tanganyika. These fish have radiated from a common ancestor, each one developing specialist adaptations fitting it for a different ecological niche in the lake. In this way, competition between the species is avoided as each has a different diet and occupies a ...
More than 260 dinosaur footprints discovered in Brazil and Cameroon provide further evidence that South America and Africa were once connected as part of a giant continent millions of years ago.
Neolamprologus is a genus of cichlids endemic to eastern Africa with all but one species, Neolamprologus devosi from the Malagarasi River, occurring in Lake Tanganyika.It is the largest genus of cichlids in Lake Tanganyika and also the largest genus in the tribe Lamprologini, which includes Altolamprologus, Chalinochromis, Julidochromis, Lamprologus, Lepidiolamprologus, Telmatochromis and ...