Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda
Water volume
31,000 cubic kilometres (7,400 cu mi)
Max. temperature
35 °C (95 °F)
Min. temperature
17 to 19 °C (63 to 66 °F)
The African Great Lakes system, (in blue)Map of larger region including the East African Rift and the entire so-called Great Rift Valley
The African Great Lakes (Swahili: Maziwa Makuu; Kinyarwanda: Ibiyaga bigari) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift. The series includes Lake Victoria, the third-largest freshwater lake in the world by area; Lake Tanganyika, the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and depth; Lake Malawi, the world's eighth-largest freshwater lake by area; and Lake Turkana, the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.[1] Collectively, they contain 31,000 km3 (7,400 cu mi) of water, which is more than either Lake Baikal or the North American Great Lakes. This total constitutes about 25% of the planet's unfrozen surface fresh water. The large rift lakes of Africa are the ancient home of great biodiversity, and 10% of the world's fish species live in this region.
Riparian countries in the African Great Lakes region include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda.[2]
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Africa, through the Red Sea, and into Western Asia. Several deep, elongated lakes, called ribbon lakes, exist on the floor of this rift valley: Lake Malawi...
includes the AfricanGreatLakes in the south. These include some of the world's oldest lakes, deepest lakes, largest lakes by area, and largest lakes by volume...
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staple starch featured in the local cuisines of the AfricanGreatLakes region and Southern Africa. When ugali is made from another starch, it is usually...
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deepest sounding in Lake Victoria being under 90 m (300 ft). Besides the AfricanGreatLakes, the principal lakes on the continent are: Lake Chad, in the northern...
East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the AfricanGreatLakes, occupying roughly the same area as...
haplochromine cichlid fishes in the GreatLakes of the East African Rift (particularly in Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, and Lake Victoria) form the most speciose...
Tanzania lies in the AfricanGreatLakes region and boasts over 61,500 km2 (23,700 sq mi) of surface area that is covered by lakes. This makes up 6% of...
Nigeria was finally outlawed in 1936. With sea trade from the eastern AfricanGreatLakes region to Persia, China, and India during the first millennium AD...
cladocerans and protozoans. Compared to other large Africanlakes, Turkana has relatively few fish species. The lake holds about 50 fish species, including 12 endemics:...
Lake Tanganyika (/ˌtæŋɡənˈjiːkə, -ɡæn-/; Kirundi : Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an AfricanGreatLake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world...
of over two million Rwandans to neighboring countries of the GreatLakes region of Africa in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Many of the refugees...
German East Africa (GEA; German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the AfricanGreatLakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda,...
countries in the AfricanGreatLakes region in eastern Africa. The Community Emblem Act, 2003 sets out the symbolism behind the flag. Blue: Lake Victoria signifying...
compressed midges or flies. It is found in the AfricanGreatLakes region, specifically countries surrounding Lake Malawi (Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique)...
Lake Victoria is one of the AfricanGreatLakes. With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km2 (23,146 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake...
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