Lake Mweru

Lake Mweru is a freshwater on the longest arm of 's second-longest river, the . Located on the border between and , it makes up 110 kilometres of the total length of the Congo, lying between its and segments.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: Lake mweru”, “Moero Meer”, “Mwelu”, “Mwero”, and “Mweru

Lake Mweru

Latitude
-9° or 9° south
Longitude
28.75° or 28° 45′ east
Elevation
917 metres (3,009 feet)
Open location code
6G3C2Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
207523
Wiki­data ID
Q504433
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Mweru” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Mwerumeer
  • Arabic: بحيرة مويرو
  • Armenian: Մվերու
  • Asturian: Llagu Moero
  • Azerbaijani: Mveru gölü
  • Bashkir: Мверу
  • Basque: Mweru lakua
  • Basque: Mweru
  • Belarusian: Возера Мверу
  • Belarusian: Мверу
  • Belarusian: Мвэру
  • Bengali: মুয়েরু হ্রদ
  • Bhojpuri: म्वेरू झील
  • Bulgarian: Мверу
  • Burmese: မွေရုကန်
  • Catalan: Llac Mweru
  • Cebuano: Lake Mweru
  • Central Bikol: Danaw Mweru
  • Chinese: 姆韋魯湖
  • Chinese: 姆韦鲁湖
  • Chuvash: Мверу
  • Croatian: Mweru
  • Czech: Mweru
  • Danish: Lake Mweru
  • Dutch: Mwerumeer
  • Esperanto: Mŭero
  • Esperanto: Mŭeruo
  • Esperanto: Mweru
  • Estonian: Mweru
  • Fiji Hindi: Lake Mweru
  • Fiji Hindi: Mweru Talaab
  • Finnish: Mwerujärvi
  • French: lac Moero
  • French: Lac Moero
  • French: Lac Mwero
  • French: Lac Mweru
  • Galician: Lago Mweru
  • Georgian: მვერუ
  • German: Moero-See
  • German: Moerosee
  • German: Mweru-See
  • German: Mwerusee
  • Hebrew: אגם מוורו
  • Hindi: मवेरू झील
  • Hungarian: Mweru-tó
  • Indonesian: Danau Mweru
  • Italian: lago Mweru
  • Italian: Lago Mweru
  • Japanese: ムウェル湖
  • Kirghiz: Мверу
  • Kongo: Dizanga Moero
  • Korean: 므웨루호
  • Korean: 음웨루 호
  • Latin: Lacus Mweru
  • Latvian: Moero
  • Latvian: Mveru ezers
  • Latvian: Mveru
  • Lingala: Laki ya Moero
  • Lingala: liziba moero
  • Lingala: Liziba Moero
  • Lithuanian: Mveru ežeras
  • Lithuanian: Mveru
  • Luxembourgish: Moero-Séi
  • Luxembourgish: Moeroséi
  • Luxembourgish: Mweruséi
  • Macedonian: Мверу
  • Mingrelian: მვერუ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mweru
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mwerusjøen
  • Norwegian: Mweru
  • Persian: دریاچه مورو
  • Persian: دریاچهٔ مورو
  • Polish: Jezioro Mueru
  • Polish: Jezioro Mweru
  • Polish: Mueru
  • Polish: Mweru
  • Portuguese: Lago Mweru
  • Russian: Мверу
  • Russian: Моеро
  • Serbian: Jezero Mveru
  • Serbian: Језеро Мвери
  • Serbian: Језеро Мверу
  • Serbian: Мверу
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mweru
  • Slovenian: jezero Mweru
  • Slovenian: Jezero Mweru
  • Spanish: Lago Moero
  • Spanish: Lago Mweru
  • Swahili: Lake moero
  • Swahili: Lake mweru
  • Swahili: Mweru
  • Swedish: Lac Moero
  • Swedish: Mwerusjön
  • Tatar: Мверу
  • Turkish: Mweru Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Мверу
  • Uzbek: Mveru
  • Venetian: lago Mweru
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Mweru
  • Waray (Philippines): Danaw Mweru
  • Welsh: Llyn Mweru
  • Wu Chinese: 姆韦鲁湖
  • Yue Chinese: 姆韋魯湖
  • म्वेरू झील

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