swap_horiz Lake Volta Alternatives

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Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is a massive deep freshwater lake located in East Africa. It’s notable for being the world's longest and...

Africa East Africa Freshwater Rift Valley

9.2 Excellent

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Lake Malawi

Lake Malawi is a large freshwater lake situated within the East African Rift Valley. It’s notable for harboring an excep...

Africa East Africa Freshwater Rift Valley

9.2 Excellent

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Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is an expansive freshwater lake located in East Africa. It’s notable as Africa’s largest lake by surface a...

Africa East Africa Freshwater Largest Africa

9.1 Excellent

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Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana is a large, mostly saline lake in the East African Rift, located chiefly in northern Kenya with its norther...

Saline Africa Kenya Rift Valley

8.9 Great

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Lake Natron

Lake Natron is a highly saline and alkaline lake situated in northern Tanzania, near the Kenyan border. Its caustic wate...

Africa Red Tanzania Rift Valley

8.5 Great

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Lake Kivu

Lake Kivu is a freshwater lake situated on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Eas...

Africa Freshwater Methane Rift Valley

8.3 Great

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Lake Tana

Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia, located in the Amhara Region in the northern highlands at an elevation of rou...

Africa Ethiopia Freshwater Highlands

8.3 Great

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Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru is a shallow, alkaline lake situated in the East African Rift Valley of Kenya, enclosed entirely within Lake...

Saline Africa Kenya Flamingos

8.1 Great

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Lake Bogoria

Lake Bogoria is a shallow, alkaline saline lake located in the Rift Valley of Kenya. It sits in a volcanic region and is...

Africa Alkaline Kenya Flamingos

8.1 Great

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Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara is a shallow, alkaline lake located in the East African Rift Valley of northern Tanzania. It forms the cent...

Wildlife Saline Africa Tanzania

7.9 Good

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Lake Bosumtwi

Lake Bosumtwi is a natural freshwater lake located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, West Africa. It occupies a meteorite...

Sacred Africa Freshwater Ghana

7.8 Good

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Lake Albert

Lake Albert is a freshwater lake located in the Albertine Rift, forming a natural border between Uganda and the Democrat...

Africa Freshwater Rift Valley Nile Source

7.7 Good

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Lake Argyle

Lake Argyle is a major artificial reservoir in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, formed by the constructio...

Australia Large Reservoir Western Australia

7.7 Good

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Lake Powell

Lake Powell is a major artificial reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona in the...

USA Canyon Colorado River North America

7.7 Good

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Lake Edward

Lake Edward is a freshwater rift lake situated on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. As...

Africa Freshwater Rift Valley Uganda Drc

7.6 Good

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Lake Kariba

Lake Kariba is an expansive artificial reservoir situated on the Zambezi River, forming the border between Zambia and Zi...

Large Africa Reservoir Man Made

7.6 Good

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Lake Nasser

Lake Nasser is a massive reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, created by the construction of the Aswan High D...

Nile Africa Reservoir Egypt Sudan

7.2 Good

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Lake Cabora Bassa

Lake Cahora Bassa, also spelled Cabora Bassa, is a large artificial reservoir on the Zambezi River in Mozambique, create...

Africa Reservoir Mozambique Zambezi

7.0 Good

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Lake Burragorang

Lake Burragorang is a major man-made reservoir located in New South Wales, Australia, created by the impoundment of the...

Australia Reservoir New South Wales Man Made

7.0 Good

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Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake is the largest reservoir by capacity in California, United States, formed by the construction of Shasta Dam...

USA California North America Reservoir

6.9 Fair