The Kalungwishi river flows in from the east. See Commercial fishing on Lake Mweru and the Luapula River was pioneered by In recent decades the catch has declined due to over-fishing, and is estimated at 13,000 tonnes caught from 4,500 small craft, mainly plank boats.
It may also be that the effects of dry years may be delayed for a few years by the release of groundwater from surrounding hills into dambos which flow into the lake.Lake Mweru Wantipa's fishery has been productive in the past but has been depleted in recent years. The Luapula River flows in from the south having formed the official border between northern Zambia and Zaire.
The Kagera River, which is considered by many as the start point of the Nile, rises at the northern part of the lake, located in Rwanda. This truly beautiful lake is located on the far north-west border of Zambia and is shared more or less equally with Zaire/DRC. The name “Mweru” originates from the Bantu term of “lake”, so locals only refer to it as “Mweru”. The last of the The western shore of Luapula-Mweru became part of the The first Belgian outposts on the lake were set up at Lukonzolwa and Pweto which were at various times the headquarters of their administration of Katanga. Blockage of the Mofwe and of the rivers draining into Mweru Wantipa by papyrus and the growth of rushes may be part of the answer. ‘When Lake Mweru was formed it combined cichlid lineages from the Congo and the Zambezi,’ lead researcher Joana Meier told Eureka Alert. Rivers and streams, none very large, flow into Lake Mweru Wantipa and its swamps from the Mporokoso plateau about 32 km south, and the hills to the north-east in DR Congo. It is famous as the most distant startpoint of the Nile River. Both rivers form important deltas which supply locals with fish breeding grounds. NASA image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE.Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia", Camerapix International Publishers, Nairobi, 1996Terracarta: "Zambia 1:1,500,000 Second Edition", International Travel Maps, Vancouver, 2000 Its elevation is 917 m, quite a bit higher than Tanganyika (763 m).Mweru is shallow in the south and deeper in the north, with two depressions in the north-eastern section with maximum depths of 20 m and 27 m.Livingstone witnessed the devastation and suffering caused by the slave trade in the area to the north and east of Mweru, and his accounts did help rally opposition to it. Mweru's average length is 118 km and its average width is 45 km, with its long axis oriented northeast–southwest. It was thought to drain via its south-western swamps and a Around 2005, Lake Mweru Wantipa's main north-east to south-west axis was about 65 km long and it was about 20 km wide, but a narrow branch extends roughly 30 km east from the northern end, giving a surface area of about 1500 km².The salinity also shows long term variation, it was reported as being freshwater in 1929 and 1939, but saline in 1949.While rainfall is the main factor, this may not be the complete story.
The main towns on the Zambian side are The Congolese side of the lake was affected by the The Mweru area was served only by dirt roads until the main The dirt roads on the Congolese side have been neglected and are in poor condition, and many people cross into Zambia to travel by road. Both river mouths form important deltas that serve as fish …
David Livingstone, who is credited with discovering the lake in 1867-1868, called it “Moero”. Lake Rweru is a lake close to the northernmost point of Burundi in central Africa.