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

ANSWER: Lake Tanganyika [accept Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika]
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Henry JamesonLSE BDurham B41-5
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge AOxford A5310
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltBristol B75-5
Lewys JenkinsBristol AManchester7610
Cormac BeirneLSE AImperial A76-5
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AOxford B76-5
Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge C78-5
Mikey BrownBirminghamSouthampton B80-5
Tom HainesDurham AWarwick A80-5
Greg MylesEdinburghWarwick B81-5
Percy YuenCambridge DImperial B95-5
Benedykt Chodzko-ZajkoSouthampton BBirmingham12910
Lucas JohnsWarwick ADurham A12910
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ALSE A12910
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CCambridge B13010
Joseph CollinsImperial BCambridge D13010
Matteo FrondutiDurham BLSE B1300
Benjamin WatsonOxford BSouthampton A13010
Josh HowarthWarwick BEdinburgh1300