See also:

• RUKWA (sometimes also Rikwa and Hikwa)

RUKWA (sometimes also Rikwa and Hikwa)  , a shallow See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake in See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, lying 2650 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in a N.W. continuation of the rift-valley which contains Lake See also:

• NYASA

Nyasa . The sides of the valley here run in steep parallel walls 30 to 40 M. apart, from S.E. to N.W., leaving between them a level See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain extending from about 71° to 81° S . This whole See also:

• AREA

area was probably once covered by the lake, but this has shrunk so that the permanent See also:

• WATER

water occupies only a space of 30 M. by 12 at the S. immediately under the E. escarpment . In the rains its extends some 40 M. farther N., and the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the plain is likewise then covered with water to a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of about 4 ft . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the plain is a See also:

• BARE

bare expanse intensely heated by the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun in the dry See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, and forming a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of foul mud near the lake shores . But in 1903–4 the level of the lake See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose so that the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters covered the whole depression . The lake has two large feeders, one coming from the W., the other from the S.E . The W. feeder, the Saisi, or Momba, rises in 8o° 50' S., 310 30' E., and traverses a winding valley cut out of the high See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau between lakes Nyasa and See also:

• TANGANYIKA (a name said by V. L. Cameron to signify a " mixing-place ")

Tanganyika . It enters the lake on its N.W. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . The other See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief feeder, the Songwe, rises in 9° 8' S., 330 30' E. on the same plateau as the Saisi and flows N.W., entering See also:

• RUKWA (sometimes also Rikwa and Hikwa)

Rukwa at its S. end . The Songwe is joined about 5o M. about its mouth by the Rupa, whose See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-waters are in the high-lying See also:

• LAND

land N.E. of Rukwa . The maximum depth of the lake is about See also:

• ROE (or Row), SIR THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)
• ROE, EDWARD PAYSON (1838-1888)

roe ft .

Its water is very brackish and of a milky See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour from the mud stirred up by the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind . It contains See also:

• GREAT

great quantities of See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish . First seen from the north by See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson in 188o, it was visited by Dr Kaiser, a German, in 1882, and has since been thoroughly explored by various See also:

• BRITISH

British and German travellers . See " Begleitworte zu der Karte der Gebiete am sudlichen Tanganjika- and Rukwa-See," by See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Sprigade, in Mitteil. v . Forsch. u . Gelehrten a. d. deutschen Schutzgebieten (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1904), with See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map on the See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of 1:500,000 .