That volcano lies in the Virunga mountains, which lies in the Albertine portion of this region.
Mount Nyiragongo ("nye-i-ra-GONG-o") in this region erupted in 2002, devastating the city of Goma. That volcano lies in the Virunga mountains, which lies in the Albertine portion of this region. One definition of this region has it ending at Beqaa Valley in Lebanon, but the more conventional definition has that boundary at the (*) Afar Triple Junction. "Nubian" and "Somali" refer to the land to the two sides of this region. The African Great Lakes lie in this region, including Lake Malawi and Lake Victoria. For 10 points, name this geologic region, named for where the African Plate splits into two smaller plates.
Mount Nyiragongo ("nye-i-ra-GONG-o") in this region erupted in 2002, devastating the city of Goma.
Great Rift Valley [accept African Great Lakes before “Beqaa”] &lt;DM&gt;