DRC: How the Congolese travel on Lake Tanganyika, Maximum Depth is 1,471 m

Lake Tanganyika is a freshwater ecoregion defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It includes Lake Tanganyika itself and its drainage basin, between Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia The area of Lake Tanganyika is 32,900 km² The average depth is 570 m The Maximum Depth is 1,471 m The volume of the lake is 18,900 km3 Length 677 km Width 72 km Altitude 775 m The Congolese take their boat and often travel to Lake Tanganyika, from the port of Kalemie to reach South Kivu. All boats from Kalemie dock at the port of Kalundu in the town of Uvira.