Lake Mweru

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Lake Mweru is a large freshwater lake on the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for its rich fisheries and role as part of the upper Congo River system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lake Mweru canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
area approximately 5,120 square kilometres ⓘ
basinCountry Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
borderFeatureBetween Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
catchmentAreaOf Luapula River ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
drainageTo Congo River ⓘ
elevation about 917 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasBiodiversity various freshwater fish species ⓘ
hasIsland Isokwe Island ⓘ
Kilwa Island ⓘ
hasShorelineUse settlements ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
inflow Luapula River ⓘ
knownFor fishing industry ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ
languageRegion Bemba-speaking areas ⓘ
Lunda-speaking areas ⓘ
length about 118 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Copperbelt region ⓘ
linked to: Copperbelt Province

Haut-Katanga Province ⓘ
Luapula Province ⓘ
locatedInRift western branch of the East African Rift vicinity ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Lake Bangweulu ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Lake Mweru Wantipa ⓘ
nearSettlement Kashikishi ⓘ
Kilwa ⓘ
Nchelenge ⓘ
Pweto ⓘ
outflow Luvua River ⓘ
partOf Congo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo River

upper Congo River system ⓘ
linked to: Congo River
primaryEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
transport ⓘ
region Upper Congo region ⓘ
supports commercial fisheries ⓘ
local subsistence fisheries ⓘ
waterBodyType rift valley lake ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ
width up to about 45 kilometres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African Great Lakes → containsLake → Lake Mweru ⓘ
Luapula Province → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Mweru ⓘ
Luapula Province → borderFeature → Lake Mweru ⓘ