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Lake Rukwa

 
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A shallow lake of western Tanzania east of Lake Tanganyika.

 

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Shallow lake, southwestern Tanzania, eastern Africa. It covers an area of about 1,000 sq mi (2,600 sq km) and lies midway between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi (Nyasa) at an elevation of about 2,600 ft (800 m). It has no outlet, and at times it is completely dry. Its water is brackish, and there are salt pans near its southwestern end. Crocodiles and hippopotamuses inhabit the lake, and fish abound.

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Lake Rukwa
Location southwestern Tanzania
Coordinates 8°00′S 32°25′E / 8°S 32.417°E / -8; 32.417Coordinates: 8°00′S 32°25′E / 8°S 32.417°E / -8; 32.417
Lake type alkaline
Basin countries Tanzania
Surface elevation 800 m

Lake Rukwa is a lake in southwestern Tanzania. The alkaline Lake Rukwa lies midway between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa at an elevation of about 800 metres, in a parallel branch of the rift system. The lake has seen large fluctuations in its size over the years, due to varying inflow of streams. Currently it is about 180 km long and averages about 32 km wide, making it about 5760 square kilometres in size.[1]. In 1929 it was only about 30 miles (48 km) in length, but in 1939 it was approximately 80 miles (128 km) long and 25 miles wide (40 km).[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Google Earth accessed 6 February 2007

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