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21 largest lakes in East Africa

21 lakes, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The lakes

  1. 1Lake Malawi29,600 km²
  2. 2Lake Turkana6,405 km²
  3. 3Lake Mweru4,650 km²
  4. 4Lake Tana3,600 km²
  5. 5Lake Bangweulu2,700 km²
  6. 6Lake Rukwa2,600 km²
  7. 7Lake Kyoga1,720 km²
  8. 8Lake Mweru Wantipa1,500 km²
  9. 9Lake Abaya1,250 km²
  10. 10Lake Chew Bahir1,200 km²
  11. 11Lake Eyasi1,050 km²
  12. 12Lake Natron600 km²
  13. 13Lake Kwania540 km²
  14. 14Lake Alaotra450 km²
  15. 15Lake Abbe320 km²
  16. 16Lake Chamo317 km²
  17. 17Lake Manyara230 km²
  18. 18Masinga Dam203 km²
  19. 19Lake Gummare70 km²
  20. 20Lake Bunyonyi60 km²
  21. 21Lake Assal54 km²

Surface area in km²: the Largest Lakes set’s figure for its lakes, else Wikidata’s (P2046) where it fits the outline, else the area of the outline. Seasonal salt pans keep their recorded figure; their area varies. Every named lake Natural Earth maps at 1:10m (with its supplements for Europe, North America and Australia), and every lake of the Largest Lakes set. The Caspian Sea counts as a lake, as in that set; coastal lagoons (the Vistula Lagoon, the Black Sea limans) do not. Countries are those on its shores, from the outlines. Natural lakes only: reservoirs (artificial lakes behind a dam, as Natural Earth or Wikidata mark them) are left out. East Africa: what lies inside the region’s outline, by each item’s point (a lake’s centre, a river’s mouth, a summit).

On the map

Map of 21 largest lakes in East Africa, 21 lakes: each one marked on the globe

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