Map of larger region that the lakes are in, including the so-called Great Rift Valley.View over Lake Turkana
The Rift Valley lakes are a series of lakes in the East African Rift valley that runs through eastern Africa from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the south, and includes the African Great Lakes in the south. These include some of the world's oldest lakes, deepest lakes, largest lakes by area, and largest lakes by volume. Many are freshwater ecoregions of great biodiversity, while others are alkaline "soda lakes" supporting highly specialised organisms.
The Rift Valley lakes are well known for the evolution of at least 800 cichlid fish species that live in their waters. More species are expected to be discovered.[1]
The World Wide Fund for Nature has designated these lakes as one of its Global 200 priority ecoregions for conservation.[citation needed]
^"WWF Global 200 Ecoregions – Rift Valley Lakes (182)". www.worldwildlife.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
The RiftValleylakes are a series of lakes in the East African Riftvalley that runs through eastern Africa from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the...
generally the valley is likely to be filled with sedimentary deposits derived from the rift flanks and the surrounding areas. In many cases riftlakes are formed...
within riftvalleys and may be very deep. Riftlakes may be bounded by large steep cliffs along the fault margins. Lake Baikal, in Siberia Lake Balaton...
African Great Lakes (Swahili: Maziwa Makuu; Kinyarwanda: Ibiyaga bigari) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the RiftValleylakes in and around...
EARS. Many of the African Great Lakes lie within the RiftValley. A series of distinct rift basins, the East African Rift System extends over thousands...
RiftValley Province (Swahili: Mkoa wa Bonde la Ufa) of Kenya, bordering Uganda, was one of Kenya's eight provinces, before the 2013 Kenyan general election...
Lake Nakuru is one of the RiftValleylakes, located at an elevation of 1,754 m (5,755 ft) above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the rift...
levels in the RiftValleyLakes have since varied considerably, with several of the lakes almost drying up several times. The water level for Lake Naivasha...
Lake Baringo is, after Lake Turkana, the most northern of the Kenyan RiftValleylakes, with a surface area of 130 square kilometres (50 sq mi) and an...
north of the equator. Lake Bogoria, like Lake Nakuru, Lake Elementeita, and Lake Magadi further south in the RiftValley, and Lake Logipi to the north,...
of Gilgil is near the lake. In the south-to-north sequence of RiftValleylakes, Elmenteita is between Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru. Along the nearby...
of Lake Albert to the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. The geographical term includes the valley and the surrounding mountains. The Albertine Rift and...
scientists, Lake Hawassa is the most studied of the RiftValleylakes in Ethiopia. According to William Taylor, a member of the African Lakes and Rivers...
Lake Turkana (/tɜːrˈkɑːnə, -ˈkæn-/) is a saline lake in the Kenyan RiftValley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It...
two endemics (P. bourgaultae and P. idjwiensis). Among RiftValleylakes, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria are the only other with endemic freshwater crabs...
lakes of Ethiopia, located completely or partially within the country's borders. Lake Chelelektu Lake Gargori Lake Laitali Lakes portal RiftValley lakes...
first explored the region. The name "Lake Margherita" (Lago Margherita) is still used in Italy. RiftValleylakes "Information on Fisheries Management...
of helium gas was discovered in Lake Rukwa worth $3.5 billion. RiftValleylakesLake Rukwa Bathymetry Survey Final Report 2014 "Rukwa Uwanda Game Reserve"...
the lake may be in better condition. Lakes portal RiftValleylakes Luapula River Luvua River Kalungwishi River Kazembe Katanga Province Msiri Lake Mweru...
Hora-Dambal, also known as Lake Zway or Dambal (Oromo: Hora Dambal, Amharic: ዟይ ሐይቅ), is one of the freshwater RiftValleylakes of Ethiopia. It is the home...
volcano. Lakes in the rift other than Lake Turkana are mostly small and shallow, some with fresh water but many being saline. The thickness of lake sediments...
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