African Great Lakes

E138353
geographical region group of lakes

The African Great Lakes are a series of large, deep freshwater lakes in East and Central Africa that play a crucial role in the region’s ecology, climate, and human settlement.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
African Great Lakes canonical 7
Lake Victoria basin 3
African Great Lakes system 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
group of lakes ⓘ
biodiversityHotspotFor aquatic plants ⓘ
cichlid fishes ⓘ
freshwater invertebrates ⓘ
borderCountry Angola ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
containsLake Lake Albert ⓘ
Lake Edward ⓘ
Lake George ⓘ
Lake Kivu ⓘ
Lake Kyoga ⓘ
Lake Malawi ⓘ
Lake Mweru ⓘ
Lake Rukwa ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
Lake Turkana ⓘ
Lake Victoria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
ecoregionType freshwater ecoregion ⓘ
hasCharacteristic deep ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
large ⓘ
hydrologicalBasin Congo River ⓘ
surface form: Congo River basin

Nile Basin ⓘ
surface form: Nile River basin

Zambezi Basin ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi River basin
influences human settlement patterns ⓘ
regional biodiversity ⓘ
regional climate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
partOf East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: East African Rift system
supportsActivity fisheries ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
pollution ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bantu languages → geographicDistribution → African Great Lakes ⓘ
East African Rift → associatedWith → African Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African Rift Valley lakes
White Nile → sourceRegion → African Great Lakes ⓘ
Ukerewe Island → locatedOn → African Great Lakes ⓘ
Lake Albert → category → African Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Great Lakes system
Lake Kyoga → partOf → African Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African Great Lakes region (broadly defined)
Hutu → culturalRegion → African Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Lakes Region of Africa → namedAfter → African Great Lakes ⓘ
Sukuma language → hasSpeakerCommunity → African Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Victoria basin
Upper Nile Valley → hydrologicallyConnectedTo → African Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Victoria basin
Luo people of Kenya → primaryRegion → African Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Victoria basin
Great Lakes Bantu languages → regionNamedAfter → African Great Lakes ⓘ
Cichlidae → notableRegion → African Great Lakes ⓘ
Lake George → partOf → African Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Great Lakes system