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Lake Tanganyika (/ ˌ t æ ŋ ɡ ə n ˈ j iː k ə, - ɡ æ n -/ TANG -gən- YEE -kə, - gan-; Kirundi: Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake. It is the second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. The lake is shared among four countries— Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC), Burundi, and Zambia —with Tanzania (46%) and the DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean.