Lake Mweru
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 kilometres (68 mi) of the total length of the Congo, lying between its Luapula River (upstream) and Luvua River (downstream) segments.
| Lake Mweru Lac Mweru | |
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Southern end of the lake from space, June 1993 (false color) | |
Lake Mweru Lac Mweru Lake Mweru Lac Mweru | |
| Coordinates | 9°00′S 28°43′E |
| Type | Rift Valley lakes |
| Primary inflows | Luapula River Kalungwishi River |
| Primary outflows | Luvua River |
| Basin countries | DR Congo and Zambia |
| Max. length | 131 km (81 mi) |
| Max. width | 56 km (35 mi) |
| Surface area | 5,120 km2 (1,980 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Max. depth | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Water volume | 38.2 km3 (31,000,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 436 km (271 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 917 m (3,009 ft) |
| Islands | Kilwa Island Isokwe Island |
| Settlements | Nchelenge, Kashikishi, Chiengi, Pweto, Kilwa, Lukonzolwa |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Mweru means 'lake' in a number of Bantu languages, so it is often referred to as just 'Mweru'.
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