Lake Tanganyika

I remember snorkeling out to the drop off, and a big ( at least 18 inch) yellow fish came up on me. As I pointed at it and turned, it kept following me!

1/6th or 17% of the worlds free fresh water
longest lake in the world 2nd deepest lake in the world, almost 1.5 km deep
more than 2000 species, over half of which are endemic to the Tanganyika Basin
supports 1,000,000 fisheries livelihoods annual fish catch valued at $200 million

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