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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

     North America also has a set of North American 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

References

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.
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