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9 largest lakes in Central Africa

9 lakes, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The lakes

  1. 1Lake Tanganyika32,900 km²
  2. 2Lake Albert5,270 km²
  3. 3Lake Kivu2,700 km²
  4. 4Lake Mai-Ndombe2,300 km²
  5. 5Lake Edward2,150 km²
  6. 6Lake Chad1,540 km²
  7. 7Lake Upemba530 km²
  8. 8Lake Tumba500 km²
  9. 9Lac Onangué168 km²

Surface area in km²: the Largest Lakes set’s figure for its lakes, else Wikidata’s (P2046) where it fits the outline, else the area of the outline. Seasonal salt pans keep their recorded figure; their area varies. Every named lake Natural Earth maps at 1:10m (with its supplements for Europe, North America and Australia), and every lake of the Largest Lakes set. The Caspian Sea counts as a lake, as in that set; coastal lagoons (the Vistula Lagoon, the Black Sea limans) do not. Countries are those on its shores, from the outlines. Natural lakes only: reservoirs (artificial lakes behind a dam, as Natural Earth or Wikidata mark them) are left out. Central Africa: what lies inside the region’s outline, by each item’s point (a lake’s centre, a river’s mouth, a summit).

On the map

Map of 9 largest lakes in Central Africa, 9 lakes: each one marked on the globe

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