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There are a group of very large [[lake]]s in East Africa known as the '''African Great Lakes'''.<ref>
There are a group of very large [[lake]]s in East Africa known as the '''African Great Lakes'''.<ref>

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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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