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Lake and Tanganyika
Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.
The area around Lake Tanganyika is warmer, averaging ; the highest mountain areas are cooler, averaging.
The lowest point in the country is at Lake Tanganyika, at, with the highest point being on Mount Heha, at.
Lake Tanganyika remains an important trading point.
There are a number of systems of transport in Burundi, including road and water-based infrastructure, the latter of which makes use of Lake Tanganyika.
* Kalemie to Kalundu ( the lake port at Uvira )-boat on Lake Tanganyika
* National Road No. 2, Kisangani-Bukavu – Goma, connecting the principal waterway systems of the country, namely Kinshasa-Kisangani on the Congo River and the Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika systems on the eastern edge of the country.
* Kalemie, Kulundu-Uvira and Moba on Lake Tanganyika to Kigoma ( Tanzania ), Bujumbura ( Burundi ) and Mpulungu ( Zambia ).
* Kalemie to Kalundu-Uvira on Lake Tanganyika
* 2005 – The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It contains the Rift Valley lakes, which include some of the deepest lakes in the world ( up to 1, 470 metres ( 4, 800 ft ) deep at Lake Tanganyika ).
** 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake
Richard Francis Burton was the first European at Lake Tanganyika.
Rhodes sought permission to negotiate similar concessions covering all territory between the Limpopo River and Lake Tanganyika, then known as ' Zambesia '.
The province also borders Tanzania, although Katanga province and Tanzania do not share a land border but the border is within Lake Tanganyika.
* 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, " Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
The other one is the Tanzania Railways Corporation, which provides services between Dar-es-Salaam and Kigoma, a town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and between Dar-es-Salaam and Mwanza, a city on the shores of Lake Victoria.
To the north and west are the Great Lakes of respectively Lake Victoria ( Africa's largest lake ) and Lake Tanganyika ( the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish ) – and to the southwest lies Lake Nyasa.
The Kalambo Falls are the second highest in Africa and are located near the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika.

Lake and is
Memphis stinkpotters like McKellar Lake, inside the city limits, and sailors look for autumn winds at Arkabutla Lake where fall racing is now in progress.
Turkey's largest lake, Lake Van, is situated in the mountains at an elevation of.
The main basin is the Mus Valley, west of Lake Van.
Flat or gently sloping land is rare and largely confined to the deltas of the Kızıl River, the coastal plains of Çukurova and the valley floors of the Gediz River and the Büyük Menderes River as well as some interior high plains in Anatolia, mainly around Tuz Gölü ( Salt Lake ) and the Konya Basin ( Konya Ovasi ).
* 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
Lake Sevan, across at its widest point and long, is by far the largest lake.
Most of Armenia is drained by the Araks or its tributary, the Hrazdan, which flows from Lake Sevan.
Another environmental concern is a significant drop in Lake Sevan's water level because of drawdowns for irrigation and the diversion of water to hydroelectric plants to compensate for the electric power lost through the inactivity of the nuclear plant at Metsamor.
landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains ; Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ) is the largest lake in this mountain range
Averaging at least 1. 6 km thick, the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2. 5 km below sea level ; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur ( e. g., Lake Vostok ).
Shown is a sign indicating an accessible fishing platform at Drano Lake, Washington ( state ) | Washington.
* 1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7. 5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
* 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
Towards the south the two lines converge and give place to one great valley ( occupied by Lake Nyasa ), the southern part of which is less distinctly due to rifting and subsidence than the rest of the system.
There is, however, in the centre a circular basin occupied by Lake Tsana.
The first is being planned for Lake Havasu City with programs available as early as fall 2012.
The city centre is laid out on two perpendicular axes: a water axis stretching along Lake Burley Griffin, and a ceremonial land axis stretching from Parliament House on Capital Hill north-eastward along ANZAC Parade to the Australian War Memorial at the foot of Mount Ainslie.
* Champ is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain, a natural freshwater lake in North America, partially situated across the U. S .- Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec and partially situated across the Vermont-New York border.
Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield.
Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.

Lake and used
In 1959, according to the Engineers, Lake Texoma was only one of thirty-two artificial lakes and reservoirs which were used for recreation by over 1,000,000 persons.
That same year Potter used some of her income and a small inheritance from an aunt to buy Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey in Lancashire in the English Lake District.
Sawmill owners used the canal to transport timber from Big Clam Lake to the mills and railroad sites — the G. R.
Called the Orchard Lake Curling Club, the club used hickory block " stones ".
Cannon were used by Ming dynasty forces at the Battle of Lake Poyang.
* New Zealand-Small number of M1114s used in Afghanistan and trialled at Lake Tekapo training ground.
Lake water is used for drinking purposes.
Like the other Great Lakes, Lake Ontario used to have an important commercial fishery.
Three US Naval ships have been named after this battle, including the USS Lake Champlain ( CV-39 ), the USS Lake Champlain ( CG-57 ), and a cargo ship used during World War I.
Emerson used these knives many times as keyholders when playing the Hammond Organ during concerts with The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, often before destroying them.
Mongolia has a total of 580 km of waterways, but only Lake Khövsgöl has ever been heavily used.
On Toronto's Lake Shore Drive, many were simply bulldozed and the now-valuable urban land used for condominiums and urban development.
Kiekrz Lake is much used for sailing, while Malta is a competitive rowing and canoeing venue.
Production of methane from Lake Kivu began in 1983, but to date has been used only by the Bralirwa Brewery.
Thus at the Battle of Lake Khasan, in 1938, and the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, in 1939, major border clashes with the Imperial Japanese Army, the doctrine was not used.
The scientists used several locations in the USSR for their works, the largest was a massive test range to the West from Lake Balkhash.
In the U. S. all types of races are referred to as regattas whereas this term is only used in the UK for head-to-head or multi-lane races ( such as those that take place at Dorney Lake ), which generally take place in the summer season.
The east side of Seneca Lake was once home to a military training ground called Sampson Naval Base, primarily used during World War II.
Because the Swans and the Saints used to be towards the bottom of the ladder on a regular basis after the Second World War up until St Kilda's move away from the Junction Oval, clashes between both sides used to be dubbed " The Lake Premiership ".
When Congress passed the Enabling Act of 1802, which authorized Ohio to begin the process of becoming a U. S. state, the language defining Ohio's northern boundary differed slightly from that used in the Northwest Ordinance: the border was to be " an east and west line drawn through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, running east ... until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line Canada ; thence with the same, through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.

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