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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.
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)
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 ...
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.
This is a list of rivers in Africa. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Southern Africa
Lake Amboseli is a seasonal water body, fed by the Namanga River. At its maximum size, it covers 189 km 2 (73 sq mi), with 12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi) in Tanzania and the majority of the area (177 km 2 (68 sq mi)) in Kenya. [4] Lake Tanganyika: 32,900 km 2 (12,700 sq mi) Tanzania DRC Burundi Zambia
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 ...
Ocean – the four to seven largest named bodies of water in the World Ocean, all of which have "Ocean" in the name (see: Borders of the oceans for details). Sea has several definitions: [ a ] A division of an ocean, delineated by landforms, [ 6 ] currents (e.g., Sargasso Sea ), or specific latitude or longitude boundaries.