NOTOC There is more than one place called Great Lakes: Africa African Great Lakes, a collection of lakes in and around the Great Rift Valley in eastern Africa : We have an article on one, Lake Tanganyika Australia The Great Lakes — A region on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, around Forster-Tuncurry Great Lake, Tasmania, a lake in Australia The Great Lakes District, another named for the Perth Wetlands in Perth, Western Australia China Chinese Tài Hú translates approximately as "Great Lake"; our article is at Lake Tai North America Great Lakes — A region in the United States of America and Canada. United Kingdom Great Lake (Britain), a lake on the River Poulter in Nottinghamshire, England