The western rift includes the Virunga and Rwenzori mountain ranges and several of Africa's Great Lakes, where the deep rift has filled with water. Called the Albertine Rift (after Lake Albert ...

The property makes a critical contribution to the conservation of the natural values within the Great Rift Valley, as an integral part of the most important route of the African-Eurasian flyway system ...

The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - from Egypt to Mozambique. Show more Visible from space, Africa's Great ...

Southeast Siberia is home to the world's oldest lake, with scientists estimating that the massive body of water dates back 25 ...

In its tectonic and biogeographic setting, the Kilda basin resembles the strongly stratified great lakes of the African rift, such as Malawi and Tanganyika. Although smaller in scale, the rift ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. An almost picturesque lake in Rwanda is actually home to a massive concentration of ...

Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, ...

The trio is located in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley, around 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of the country's capital, Addis Ababa. Related: 12 amazing images of Earth from space Lake Shala is ...

Series exploring east Africa's Great Rift Valley. On the vast savannahs ... rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of ...