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Collectively, they contain 31,000 km 3 (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.
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.
Bodies of water of Africa by country (59 C) + Bodies of water of Mayotte (1 C, 4 P) A. Aquifers of Africa (3 P) B. Bays of Africa (8 C, 6 P) E. Estuaries of Africa (1 ...
Image Surface Area Bordering Nations Notes Reference Lake Victoria: 68,800 km 2 (26,600 sq mi) Tanzania Kenya Uganda: Lake Victoria is the largest of the African Great Lakes and is the largest freshwater lake in Africa. The Lake is also the second-largest freshwater lake in the world and spans across three countries.
Bodies of water of South Africa (5 C, 2 P) Bodies of water of South Sudan (2 C) Bodies of water of Sudan (4 C, 3 P) T. Bodies of water of Tanzania (4 C, 2 P)
The lake is characterized by two parts. The dry part of the lake, resulting from evaporation of the lake waters, is a white plain dry lake bed on the west/northwest side, which is a large expanse of salt. The second part is the highly saline water body. [3] [4] The watershed area of the lake is 900 km 2 (350 sq mi). [5] [6] Lake Assal's caravan ...
Lake Turkana (/ t ɜːr ˈ k ɑː n ə,-ˈ k æ n-/) is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. [2] It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.
Lake Chad (Arabic: بحيرة تشاد, Kanuri: Sádǝ, French: Lac Tchad) is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area in excess of 1,000,000 km 2 (390,000 sq mi). It is an important wetland ecosystem in West ...