Lake Tanganyika is one of the Great Lakes of Africa, the second largest African lake by surface after Lake Victoria, the third in the world by volume after the Caspian Sea and Lake Baikal, the second in the world by depth after Lake Baikal, and the world's longest freshwater lake.

Surface

Hydrographic basin

Average depth

Length

Maximum depth: 1471 m

Average depth: 570 m