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Lake Tanganyika
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Map showing the location of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa, bordered by Tanzania to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, Burundi to the north, and Zambia to the south. Surrounding features include national parks, game reserves, and nearby major lakes such as Lake Victoria and Lake Rukwa. Lake Tanganyika Two wooden dugout canoes rest on the sandy shore of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, with blue water and distant hills in the background.
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Lake Tanganyika: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: CNN World - Lake Tanganyika is changing, and the fate of millions lie in the balance. Aug 07, 2026
Changed “Kalemi” to “Kalemie.” Mar 18, 2026
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Paleolimnology of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, over the past 100 k yr (PDF). Mar 05, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Li�ge - ORBi - Monitoring climate change and anthropogenic pressure at Lake Tanganyika (PDF). Jan 24, 2025
Add new Web site: International Lake Environment Committee Foundation - Lake Tanganyika. Nov 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Lake Tanganyika. Oct 03, 2024
Revised to indicate Bujumbura is not the capital of Burundi. Oct 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Lake Tanganyika fisheries frame survey analysis: Assessment of the options for management of the fisheries of Lake Tanganyika. Aug 08, 2024
Add new Web site: National Science Foundation - Unprecedented Warming in East Africa's Lake Tanganyika. Nov 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Lakepedia - Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Mar 18, 2023
Add new Web site: World Lake Database - Lake Tanganyika. Feb 03, 2023
Add new Web site: LakePedia - Lake Tanganyika: The Second Deepest Lake in the World. Jan 23, 2020
Added mention of the lake forming part of the border between Burundi and the DRC, and between Tanzania and Zambia. Also added mention of the port at Mpulungu and that Bujumbura is the capital of Burundi. Apr 14, 2016
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Conservation Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Jun 04, 2014
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Lake Tanganyika, Zambia. May 11, 2014
Added detailed locator map. Nov 18, 2011
Article revised. May 27, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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