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Lake Victoria (elevation 1,134 metres (3,720 ft)), with an area of 68,800 square kilometres (26,600 sq mi), is the largest lake in Africa. It is not in the Rift Valley, instead occupying a depression between the eastern and western rifts formed by the uplift of the rifts to either
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The Kenyan section of the Rift Valley is home to eight lakes, of which three are freshwater and the rest alkaline. Of the latter, the shallow soda lakes of the Eastern Rift Valley have crystallised salt turning the shores white and are famous for the large flocks of
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into northern and southern halves, and the Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes occupy the floor of the rift valley between the two highlands. Most of the Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes do not have an outlet, and most are
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Plisnier P.-D., Chitamwebwa D., Mwape L., Tshibangu K., Langenberg V., Coenen E. (1999). "Limnological annual cycle inferred from physical-chemical fluctuations at three stations of Lake Tanganyika".
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zone. Lake Kivu's "still waters ... hide another face: dissolved within are billions of cubic meters of flammable methane and more still of carbon dioxide, the result of volcanic gases seeping in."
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Some of the Rift Valley lakes. From left to right they are Lake Upemba, Lake Mweru, Lake Tanganyika (largest), and Lake Rukwa. This image spans the SE corner of the
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or Dambal (areal extent 485 square kilometres (187 sq mi), elevation 1,636 metres (5,367 ft), maximum depth 8.9 metres (29 ft))
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Bos AR, CK Kapasa and PAM van Zwieten (2006). "Update on the bathymetry of Lake Mweru (Zambia), with notes on water level fluctuations".
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160 square kilometres (62 sq mi) although it varies somewhat with rainfall, elevation 1,890 metres (6,200 ft), freshwater
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The Southern Rift Valley lakes are like the Western Rift Valley lakes in that, with one exception, they are freshwater lakes.
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The Western Rift Valley lakes are fresh water and home to an extraordinary number of species. Approximately 1,500
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South of the Ethiopian highlands, the rift valley splits into two major troughs. The Eastern Rift is home to the
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lakes, while most of the Central African Rift Valley lakes lie in the Western Rift. This area includes the
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and other fish families are found in these lakes. They are also important habitats for a number of
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6,405 square kilometres (2,473 sq mi), elevation 360 metres (1,180 ft), freshwater
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and devoid of life besides anoxic bacteria. It is very sensitive to climate. It is part of the
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fish (Cichlidae) species live in the lakes. In addition to the cichlids, populations of
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side. Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi are sometimes collectively known as the
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fish species that live in their waters. More species are expected to be discovered.
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lakes are the northernmost of the African Rift Valley lakes. In central
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The Rift Valley lakes are well known for the evolution of at least 800
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Map of larger region that the lakes are in, including the so-called
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All the lakes in the Tanzanian section of this group are alkaline:
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in the south. These include some of the world's oldest lakes,
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Africa Rift Valley Pictures From Helicopter by Michael Poliza
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but may overflow into Lake Mweru at times of very high flood.
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Index

rift lake

Greater
lesser flamingos
Rift Valley lakes is located in Africa
3°00′N 36°20′E / 3.000°N 36.333°E / 3.000; 36.333
Type

Great Rift Valley

East African Rift
eastern Africa
Ethiopia
Malawi
African Great Lakes
deepest lakes
largest lakes by area
largest lakes by volume
ecoregions
biodiversity
alkaline "soda lakes"
cichlid
World Wide Fund for Nature
Global 200
Lake Malawi
Lake Tanganyika
East African Rift

Ethiopian Rift Valley
Ethiopia

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