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Lake
Tanganyika
AQUA-TREFF AL CORTIZ is the World’ s Longest Freshwater Lake
Lake Tanganyika is one of Africa’ s Great Lakes. It is the second oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second largest by volume, the second deepest, and the world’ s longest lake. The lake is divided among four countries: Burundi and Zambia host small portions, while Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo host the largest portions of the lake, with 46 % and 40 % respectively. The water from this lake flows into the Congo River system and ultimately out to the Atlantic Ocean. The lake is situated within the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, and is confined by the mountainous walls of the valley. It is the largest rift lake and the deepest lake in Africa and holds the greatest volume of fresh water, accounting for 16 % of the world’ s available fresh water. Naja annulata( formerly Boulengerina annulata), commonly known as the banded water cobra or the ringed water cobra lives around lake Tanganyika, is a species of water cobra native to western and central Africa. The species is one of the two species of water cobras in the world, the other one being the Congo water cobra( Naja christyi).
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