Lake Mweru

Lake Mweru is a lake located on the border between Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 150 km west of the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. It is approximately 96 km long and 45 km wide, with its long end oriented northeast/southwest, and lies at an elevation of 917 m.

It is mainly fed by the Luapula River[?], which comes in through swamps to the south of the lake, and to the north the lake is drained by the Luvua River[?], which leads to the Lualaba River[?] and thence to the Congo. The lake has a Kilwa Island at its southern end.

The lake has long been isolated, but a tarred road was built to the lakeside village Nchelenge in 1987, and the population around the lake has grown, much of it exploiting the rich fishery of the lake.

External links

• Zambia tourism info with picture (http://www.zambiatourism.com/travel/places/lakmweru.htm)
• View of lake from shuttle (http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/images/earth/STS51G/lowres/10042468.jpg)
• South end of lake showing Luapula and Kilwa (http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/images/earth/STS057/lowres/20103885.jpg)