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THE WILD WEST

Western Tanzania is a land of lakes. This region is defined by the course of the western Rift Valley, which extends from Lake Victoria southwards along the shores of Lake Tanganyika — forming the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo — to Lake Malawi, in the south.

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