- African Great Lakes, Burundi, Central, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Mwanza, Niassa Reserve, Rift Valley, Rwanda, Tanzania, The Lakeshore, Uganda, Zambia

The African Great Lakes are a little-known and often misunderstood natural feature. These lakes are not connected, for the most part, and don’t even share the same drainage basin. What they do share is a unique place in the history…

Located in the East African Rift Valley system between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, Lake Malawi — also known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa, and Lago Niassa — is the third-largest lake in Africa at over 7,314,319 acres. It…