Case 7

Landscape and Life along the East African Rift:  
the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda 
by Robert E. Ford
 
 

 
Tour II: The Western Rift Valley (WRV) from Space: Northern Lake Tanganyika to Lake Albert
 
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Slide 1:Locator map for the Western Rift Valley (WRV), Central African Highlands/Great Lakes Region. 

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Slide 2: Relief and drainage basins of the Western Rift Valley region . 

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Slide 3: The Central African Highlands DEM (Digital Elevation Model).

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Slide 4 : Political map of the Central African Highlands. 

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Slide 5: Northern end of Lake Albert. 

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Slide 6: Southern end of Lake Albert. 

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Slide 7: Locator map of tectonic, volcanic and hydrologic features of the Western Rift Valley (WRV) region.

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Slide 8: Virunga region locator map 

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Slide 9: The Virunga volcanoes region and northern Lake Kivu. 

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Slide 10: Comparative 1975 and 1995 satellite images of Lake Kivu. 

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Slide 11: Ruzizi river entering Lake Tanganyika near Bujumbura, Burundi.  
 



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Created 12 February 1998. Last updated 5 May 1998  by JDH.