- List of lakes in Rwanda
The main
lake s within, or bordered byRwanda are as follows:*
Lake Kivu , between Rwanda and theDemocratic Republic of Congo to the west, is by far the largest
*Lake Muhazi (also called Mohasi), about twenty kilometres east ofKigali : a long narrow lake running roughly east-west and extending north and south into a number of tributary valleys
*Lake Ihema , in theKagera National Park in the far east of the country, on the Tanzania border
*Lake Rweru (also called Rugwero) in the south-east - most of this lake lies inBurundi
*Lake Bulera (also called Burera) in the north of the country high in the mountains (1862 metres above sea level)
*Lake Ruhondo (also called Luhondo) just to the south ofLake Bulera , separated from it by a spine of hills
*Lake Mugesera , about thirty kilometres south-east ofKigali and about 15km north of Lake Rweru; this narrow lake consists of five east-west bays joined at the western side
*Lake Cyohoha Sud (also called Tshohoha South), exactly south ofKigali and on theBurundi borderThere are a number of smaller, very shallow lakes between Mugasera and Rweru; the region is very flat and swampy.
References
* The
IUCN Directory of African Wetlands by Robert Mepham (Google-books link at [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VLjafeXa3gMC&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=lake+bulera&source=web&ots=j6gT_GO4o8&sig=GpQlrDMmxEDBfhsXvE16AB1j8LA&hl=en] )
* http://www.gov.rw/government/geography.html
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