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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 103 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MWERU , a large See also:

lake of Eastern Central See also:Africa, traversed by the Luapula or upper See also:Congo. It lies 3000 ft. above the See also:sea; See also:measures about 76 m. in length by some 25 in breadth, and is roughly rectangular, the See also:axis See also:running from S.S.W. to N.N E. It is cut a little See also:south of its centre by 9° S. and through its N.E. corner passes 29° E. At the south end a shallow See also:bay extends to 9° 31' S. See also:East of this, and some See also:miles further See also:north, the Luapula enters from a vast See also:marsh inundated at high See also:water; it leaves the lake at the north-See also:west corner, making a See also:sharp See also:bend to the west before assuming a northerly direction. Besides the Luapula, the See also:principal influent is the Kalungwizi, from the east. See also:Year the south end of the lake lies the See also:island of See also:Kilwa, about 8 m. in length, rising into plateaus 600 ft. above the lake. Here the See also:air is cool and balmy, the See also:soil dry, with See also:short See also:turf and clumps of shady trees, affording every requirement for a See also:sanatorium. Mweru was reached by See also:David See also:Livingstone in 1867, but its western See also:shore was first explored in 1890 by See also:Sir See also:Alfred See also:Sharpe, who two years later effected its circumnavigation. The eastern shores from the Luapula entrance to its exit, together with Kilwa Island, belong to See also:British Central Africa; the western to the Belgian Congo.

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