The series of lakes in and around the great rift valley are referred to as the great lakes of africa.
15+ Great Lakes From Space
Images. The great lakes include lake superior, lake ontario, lake erie, lake huron and lake michigan. Great lakes from space 12:58.
An Image From The International Space Station Martha Downs from news.lternet.edu
Great lakes areas of concern are designated geographic areas within the great lakes basin that show severe environmental degradation. Lake ontario means lake of shining waters from the huron language word ontarí'io, and like lake michigan, the province of ontario was named after the lake. An astronaut aboard the international space station snapped this photo of several of the great lakes and new york's finger lakes.
If that's not enough, lake tanganyika is the second the lake holds 18 per cent of the world's freshwater and is home to its very own sardine species, sponges and jellyfish.
Lake erie, lake ontario, lake huron, lake michigan the great lakes are not all at the same sea level. They hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water. Four of the great lakes are on the border between canada and the united states of america. A deep freeze has settled in over the great lakes this winter and a new image released by nasa shows the astonishing extent of the ice cover as seen from space.
