Which is the longest freshwater lake in the world?
Lake Tanganyika is an ancient lake. Lake Tanganyika is a great lake in the African continent. It is the second oldest freshwater lake in the world and also the second deepest in Siberia after Lake Baikal.
Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Tanganyika is 673 km (418 mi) long and 72 km (45 mi) wide. surface area of Lake Tanganyika 32,900 km (12,700 sq mi) and the catchment area 231,000 km (89,000 sq mi).
Lake Tanganyika is shared between four countries. Lake Tanganyika is surrounded by four countries Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi and Zambia. The majority of the lake is in the country of Tanzania (46%) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (40%).
Lake Tanganyika lies within the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift and is limited by the valley's mountain walls. Lake Tanganyika is the largest rift lake in the continent of Africa and the second largest lake in the world by volume.
It is the deepest lake in the continent of Africa and the largest fresh water lake. Lake Tanganyika contains 16% of the world's available fresh water.
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The major river flowing into Lake Tanganyika is the Ruzizi River, believed to be about 10,000 years old, which enters the north of the lake through Lake Kivu. The second largest river in Tanzania is the Malagarasi River which enters the east side of Lake Tanganyika.
