{"id":30532,"date":"2025-03-04T08:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T02:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30532"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T02:42:53","slug":"lake-tanganyika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lake-tanganyika\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Tanganyika"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lake Tanganyika Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the countries which border Lake Tanganyika Basin have launched a five-year project to assess and address transboundary threats to the biodiversity of this lake basin.<\/p>\n<h2>About Lake Tanganyika\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an ancient lake located in <strong>East Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordering Countries:<\/strong> Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Tanzania and Zambia.<\/li>\n<li>It is extremely long, deepest and is the <strong>longest lake in the world,<\/strong> measuring over 400 miles long.<\/li>\n<li>It occupies the southern end of the <strong>Western Rift Valley<\/strong>, and for most of its length the land rises steeply from its shores.<\/li>\n<li>It is situated on the line dividing the <strong>floral regions of eastern and western Africa<\/strong>, and oil palms, which are characteristic of the flora of western Africa, grow along the lake\u2019s shores.<\/li>\n<li>The largest rivers discharging into the lake are the <strong>Malagarasi, the Ruzizi<\/strong>, and the <strong>Kalambo.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its outlet is the <strong>Lukuga River,<\/strong> which flows into the <strong>Lualaba River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rice<\/strong> and subsistence crops are grown <strong>along the shores,<\/strong> and fishing is of some significance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recent Initiative to Protect Biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-<\/strong>led initiative and funded by the <strong>Global Environment Facility<\/strong> (GEF).<\/li>\n<li>It aims to enhance transboundary cooperation among the four countries bordering Lake Tanganyika.<\/li>\n<li>It will also promote sustainable fisheries, biodiversity conservation, and the restoration of degraded landscapes in the basin.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative will protect core conservation zones in three identified protected areas and promote sustainable natural resource use in protected areas and their buffer zones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lake Tanganyika FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>What is special about Lake Tanganyika?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> It the deepest lake in Africa with a maximum depth of 1,470 m and average depth of 580 m, the second deepest lake in the world<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong> Which four countries share Lake Tanganyika?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> Tanganyika&#8217;s waters lap Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/news-and-stories\/press-release\/lake-tanganyika-basin-countries-launch-initiative-protect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Tanganyika is extremely long, deepest and is the longest lake in the world, measuring over 400 miles 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