African Great Lakes

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North America also has a set of Great Lakes.

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African Great Lakes.

There are a group of very large lakes in East Africa known as the African Great Lakes.^[1] The lakes are all found in the African rift valley.^[2]

**African Great Lakes, by size**
lake	notes
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Nyasa
Lake Turkana
Lake Albert
Lake Kivu	A large volume of gas dissolved at the high pressure of the Lake's deep layers is believed to pose a risk of catastrophic discharge.^[3]
Lake Rukwa

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↑ Environmental Aspects of the African Great Lakes Region, United Nations. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.
↑ African Great Lakes, PBS. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.
↑ Halbwachs, et al. (2002-03-09). Investigations in Lake Kivu(East Central Africa) after the Nyiragongo Eruption of January 2002: Specific study of the impact of the sub-water lava inflow on the lake stability (pdf). Solidarities. Retrieved on 2008-08-17. mirror

[1] Environmental Aspects of the African Great Lakes Region, United Nations. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.

[2] African Great Lakes, PBS. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.

[solidarites-3] Halbwachs, et al. (2002-03-09). Investigations in Lake Kivu(East Central Africa) after the Nyiragongo Eruption of January 2002: Specific study of the impact of the sub-water lava inflow on the lake stability (pdf). Solidarities. Retrieved on 2008-08-17. mirror

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