Lakes Gallery

Synodontis maculipinna, catfish

Synodontis is the most widely-distributed mochokid genus. This specimen was collected from the Rufigi River near Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and arrived at the museum in 1922

© Bubblepunk / Natural History Museum

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TANZANIA West Great Lakes Region Woman refugee working in a cassava field carrying her baby on her back while hoeing.Refugees from the Congo and Rwanda fleeing conflict in Burundi Zaire African Babies Burundian Central Africa Eastern Africa Female Women Girl Lady Kids Rwandan Tanzanian Uburundi Zairean Farming Agraian Agricultural Growing Husbandry Land Producing Raising Female Woman Girl Lady

© Liba Taylor eye ubiquitous / hutchison

Sunset over the Virunga Mountains of the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda with the rural settlements dotting the landscape

A dramatic sunset with big cumulus storm clouds over the Virunga Mountains of the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda with rural settlements dotting the lush green landscape. Rwanda or R_publique du Rwanda, is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and its geography is dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical. The economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture with coffee and tea being the major cash crops for export

© Mitchell Krog