Lake Mai-Ndombe

Lake Mai-Ndombe is a large freshwater lake in in western . The lake is within the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe area, the largest Wetland of International Importance recognized by the Ramsar Convention in the world.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in the province of Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: Lac Léopold II”, “Lac Mai-Ndombe”, and “Meer Léopold II

Lake Mai-Ndombe

Latitude
-2.08465° or 2° 5′ 5″ south
Longitude
18.3391° or 18° 20′ 21″ east
Elevation
292 metres (958 feet)
Open location code
6F9WW88Q+4J
Geo­Names ID
2313192
Wiki­data ID
Q683100
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Lake Mai-Ndombe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة ماي ندومبي
  • Basque: Mai-Ndombe
  • Belarusian: Возера Маі-Ндамбэ
  • Belarusian: Маі-Ндомбэ
  • Bulgarian: Маи-Ндомбе
  • Burmese: မိုင်ဒွန်ဘီကန်
  • Cebuano: Lac Mai-Ndombe
  • Chinese: 馬伊恩東貝湖
  • Chuvash: Маи-Ндомбе
  • Czech: Leopoldovo jezero
  • Czech: Mai Ndombe
  • Danish: Mai-Ndombesøen
  • Dutch: Mai-Ndombemeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره ماى ندومبى
  • Estonian: Mai-Ndombe järv
  • Finnish: Mai-Ndombe-järvi
  • French: lac Mai-Ndombe
  • French: Lac Mai-Ndombe
  • Georgian: მაი-ნდომბე
  • German: Mai-Ndombe-See
  • Hungarian: Mai-Ndombe-tó
  • Indonesian: Danau Mai-Ndombe
  • Italian: lago Mai-Ndombe
  • Italian: Lago Mai-Ndombe
  • Japanese: マインドンベ湖
  • Kongo: Dizanga Mai-Ndombe
  • Latvian: Maji-Ndombes ezers
  • Lingala: Laki Mai-Ndombe
  • Lingala: liziba mai-ndombe
  • Lithuanian: Mai Ndombė
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mai-Ndombe-sjøen
  • Norwegian: Mai-Ndombe-sjøen
  • Polish: Mai-Ndombe
  • Portuguese: Lago Mai-Indombe
  • Portuguese: Lago Mai-Ndombe
  • Russian: Маи-Ндомбе
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mai-Ndombe (jezero)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mai-Ndombe
  • Slovak: Mai-Ndombe
  • Spanish: Lago Mai-Ndombe
  • Swahili: Lac Mai-Ndombe
  • Swahili: Ziwa Mai-Ndombe
  • Swedish: Mai-Ndombesjön
  • Ukrainian: Маї-Ндомбе
  • Venetian: lago Mai-Ndombe

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