File:Lake tanganyika.jpg

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Description This east-looking, high-oblique photograph features Lake Tanganyika—the second deepest freshwater lake in the world with a maximum depth of 4710 feet (1436 meters) and the longest lake in the world, stretching 410 miles (660 kilometers) north to south. Its width varies between 10 and 45 miles (16 and 72 kilometers). The lake, bordered on either side by steep slopes, fills a long narrow trough in the western arm of Africa's Great Rift Valley and supports a thriving fishing industry. The lake basin, a landform in which a block of the Earth's crust dropped down between blocks that rise on either side, began to form nearly 25 million years ago as part of the Great Rift Valley. On the lake's west shore is Tanganyika's sole outlet, the Lukuga River, which is a tributary of the Zaire River (northwest portion of photograph). The Zaire River flows westward and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Other features in the photograph are shallow, silt-laden Lake Rukwa to the east of the lake and the extreme northern tip of Lake Nyasa near the southeast horizon.
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Source https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=STS51G&roll=34&frame=12
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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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current23:15, 14 September 2019Thumbnail for version as of 23:15, 14 September 20195,266 × 5,266 (8.4 MB)Batreeq (talk | contribs)Replacing with high-resolution version.
00:01, 5 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 00:01, 5 September 2005639 × 639 (143 KB)Torstein (talk | contribs)From en: Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zaire and Zambia - June 1985 Image description [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS51G-34-12 here]

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