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Lake Kivu
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A lake on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, unusual among large lakes for holding vast quantities of dissolved methane and carbon dioxide trapped in its depths. This buildup poses a rare natural hazard while also being tapped as a source of extractable gas.
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