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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 (-5[1])levels spill into the Lukuga River at colonial Albertville. At the town of Ujiji on this lake, (-5[2])Henry Morton Stanley uttered the famous words “Dr. (-5[1])Livingston, I presume?” (-5[3])Bujumbura, the former capital of Burundi, is situated at the northern terminus of this lake, which is both the world’s longest and second deepest freshwater lake. (0[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this African Great Lake that shares its name with a British colony that united with Zanzibar (10[1])to form Tanzania. (10[4])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Lake Tanganyika [accept Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika]
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Zhiheng Liu (DII)Michigan C (UG)Michigan State B (UG)52-5
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan B69-5
Danny Peelan (DII)Pitt AOhio State B (DII)69-5
Vishesh Verma (DII)Michigan State AOhio State A (UG)77-5
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)80-5
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)80-5
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Michigan D (DII)80-5
AngeloCWRU CCWRU D106-5
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Michigan C (UG)1060
Prahalad Rao (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Pitt A12610
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)12910
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)12910
Mitchell IndekMichigan BMichigan A12910
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan State A12910
Elijah Quan (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon B (DII)13010