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|image_bathymetry = | |image_bathymetry = | ||
|caption_bathymetry = | |caption_bathymetry = | ||
|coords = | |coords = | ||
|type = [[Rift Valley lakes]] | |type = [[Rift Valley lakes]] | ||
|inflow = [[Luapula River]]<br>[[Kalungwishi River]] | |inflow = [[Luapula River]]<br>[[Kalungwishi River]] | ||
|outflow = [[Luvua River]] | |outflow = [[Luvua River]] | ||
|catchment = | |catchment = | ||
|basin_countries = [[Zambia]]<br> | |basin_countries = [[Zambia]]<br>Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
|length = 131 km | |length = 131 km | ||
|width = 56 km | |width = 56 km | ||
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|elevation = 917 m | |elevation = 917 m | ||
|islands = [[Kilwa Island, Lake Mweru|Kilwa Island]]<br>[[Isokwe Island]] | |islands = [[Kilwa Island, Lake Mweru|Kilwa Island]]<br>[[Isokwe Island]] | ||
|cities = | |cities = Nchelenge, Kashikishi, [[Chiengi]], Pweto, Kilwa, Lukonzolwa | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Lake Mweru''' (also spelled ''Mwelu'', ''Mwero'') is a | '''Lake Mweru''' (also spelled ''Mwelu'', ''Mwero'') is a freshwater lake on the longest arm of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo. Located on the border between [[Zambia]] and Democratic Republic of the Congo, it makes up 110 km of the total length of the Congo, lying between its [[Luapula River]] (upstream) and [[Luvua River]] (downstream) segments.<ref name="Google">[[Google Earth]] accessed 29 March 2007. When in flood [[Lake Bangweulu]] and its swamps may temporarily have a larger area, but not a larger volume.</ref> | ||
'''Mweru''' means 'lake' in a number of [[Bantu languages]], so it is often referred to as just 'Mweru'.<ref name="Anderson">The ''Northern Rhodesia Journal'' online at NZRAM.org: J B W Anderson: "Kilwa Island and the Luapula." Vol II, No. 3 pp87–88 (1954)</ref> | '''Mweru''' means 'lake' in a number of [[Bantu languages]], so it is often referred to as just 'Mweru'.<ref name="Anderson">The ''Northern Rhodesia Journal'' online at NZRAM.org: J B W Anderson: "Kilwa Island and the Luapula." Vol II, No. 3 pp87–88 (1954)</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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:'''General references''' | :'''General references''' | ||
:* For area, depth and volume data: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232322577_Update_on_the_bathymetry_of_Lake_Mweru_with_notes_on_water_level_fluctuations AR Bos, CK Kapasa and PAM van Zwieten: "Update on the bathymetry of Lake Mweru (Zambia), with notes on water level fluctuations".] ''African Journal of Aquatic Science'', 31 (1) : 145–150 (2006). Accessed 4 March 2007. | :* For area, depth and volume data: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232322577_Update_on_the_bathymetry_of_Lake_Mweru_with_notes_on_water_level_fluctuations AR Bos, CK Kapasa and PAM van Zwieten: "Update on the bathymetry of Lake Mweru (Zambia), with notes on water level fluctuations".] ''African Journal of Aquatic Science'', 31 (1) : 145–150 (2006). Accessed 4 March 2007. | ||
:* For distances: Google Earth. | :* For distances: Google Earth. | ||
:*[http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/afr/dsafr026.html World Lakes Database entry for Lake Mweru] | :*[http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/afr/dsafr026.html World Lakes Database entry for Lake Mweru] | ||
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