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Around this lake, fishermen use lamp light attraction to catch the endemic sleek late perch in the practice of lusenga. Water temperature in this meromictic lake unusually differs by only three degrees Celsius between its surface and lower regions. This “practically endorheic” lake has an outflow to the sea only when overflowing water levels spill into the Lukuga River at colonial Albertville. (10[1]-5[1])At the town of Ujiji on this lake, Henry Morton Stanley uttered the famous (-5[1])words (-5[1])“Dr. Livingston, I presume?” (-5[1])Bujumbura, (-5[1])the former capital of Burundi, (-5[1])is situated (-5[1])at the northern terminus of this lake, (-5[1])which is both the world’s longest and second deepest (10[1])freshwater (-5[1])lake. For 10 points, (10[1])name this African Great Lake that shares its name with a British colony that united with Zanzibar (0[1])to form Tanzania. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Lake Tanganyika [accept Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika]
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