The lake has a complex history of changing flow patterns, due to its high altitude, great depth, slow rate of refill, and mountainous location in a turbulently volcanic area that has undergone climate changes. Apparently, it has rarely in the past had an outflow to the sea. It has been described as "practically endorheic" for this reason. The lake's connection to the sea is dependent on a high water level allowing water to overflow out of the lake through the Lukuga River into the Congo. When not overflowing, the lake's exit into the Lukuga River typically is blocked by sand bars and masses of weed, and instead this river depends on its own tributaries, especially the Niemba River, to maintain a flow.

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Name: Lake Tanganyika topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Lake Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo (-8.81109 29.05783 -3.34674 31.20214)

Average elevation: 1,064 m

Minimum elevation: 483 m

Maximum elevation: 3,224 m

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