Ethiopia has lakes.
Ethiopia . It is a land of natural contrasts , with its vast fertile West , jungles , and numerous rivers , and the world 's hottest settlement of Dallol in its north . The Great Lakes ( les Grands-Lacs ) , also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America , are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America , on the Canada -- United States border , which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River . The Rift Valley lakes are a group of lakes in the East African Rift that runs north-south through the eastern side of the African continent , from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the south .