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Physical map of East Africa showing elevation with color gradients, international boundaries, major cities, rivers, lakes, dams, waterfalls, spot elevations, and active volcanoes. The map covers countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Angola, with a locator inset highlighting the region within the African continent. Aerial view of Monkey Bay at Lake Malawi in East Africa, showing lush green islands and rocky outcrops surrounded by blue water. Kenya: Lake Naivasha Murchison Falls Dense green banana plants fill the foreground with rolling hills behind, and Mount Nyiragongo partly obscured by clouds in the background near Gisenyi, Rwanda. Lake Kivu Mpatamanga Gorge Mount Kenya Lake Magadi Flamingos
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East African mountains and lakes
Mountains and lakes of East Africa.
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Lake Nyasa
Lake Nyasa (also called Lake Malawi or Lago Niassa).
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Kenya: Lake Naivasha
Pelicans silhouetted at dusk on Lake Naivasha, Kenya.
Gerald Cubitt
Murchison Falls
Mist rising from Murchison Falls (also called Kabalega Falls) on the Victoria Nile...
Oliver Sedlacek
Mount Nyiragongo
A view of Mount Nyiragongo and its environs, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Lake Kivu
A view of Lake Kivu, which lies between the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic...
Kay Honkanen/Ostman Agency
Mpatamanga Gorge
Shire River at Mpatamanga Gorge, Malawi.
R. Eith—Keystone/FPG
Mount Kenya
Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya.
Gerald Cubitt
Lake Magadi
The pink-hued Lake Magadi is located in the Great Rift Valley in southern Kenya.
Bogoria/R. Renaut
Flamingos
Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) at a breeding colony on Lake Natron,...
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Lake Baringo
A view of Lake Baringo, Great Rift Valley, west-central Kenya.
Doron
Lake Tanganyika
A dugout canoe on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania.
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Lake Tanganyika
A view of Lake Tanganyika near Bujumbura, Burundi.
Kay Honkanen/Ostman Agency
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