Lac Mai Ndombe, DRC
Lake Mai-Ndombe, formerly Lake Leopold Ii, lake in western Congo, east of the Congo River and south-southeast of Lake Tumba. It covers approximately 890 square miles and is about 80 miles long and up to 25 miles wide. It empties south through the Fimi River into the Kasai. Shallow in depth and irregular in shape, with low, forested shores, it doubles or triples in size in rainy seasons. Inongo on the eastern shore is the main port. British-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley was the first European to reach the lake, in 1882.
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