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Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika. [4] In 1894, German officer and colonial ruler Gustav Adolf von Götzen was the first recorded European to visit the lake. Kivu lake shoreline at Gisenyi, Rwanda. In the past, Lake Kivu drained toward the north, contributing to the White Nile.
Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and Masisi Territory to the west.
Lake Muhazi is apparently too narrow to show up on this map. Lake Kivu , between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west, is by far the largest Lake Muhazi , about twenty kilometres east of Kigali : a long, narrow lake running roughly east–west and extending north and south into a number of tributary valleys
The large rift lakes of Africa are the ancient home of great biodiversity, and 10% of the world's fish species live in this region. Countries in the area which are bounded by the lakes of the Great Lakes region include Burundi , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ethiopia , Kenya , Malawi , Mozambique , Rwanda , Zambia , Tanzania , and Uganda .
Kivu is also the name for the entire region surrounding Lake Kivu, including the portions in Rwanda which contain the vast majority of the lake area's population (the contiguous towns of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gisenyi in Rwanda, with a combined population approaching 1,000,000, form the largest urbanised area in the Lake Kivu area). [3]
The city features a resort on the shores of Lake Kivu, with several hotels and three sandy beaches. The area is also known for water sports. The northern shore of the lake on which Goma and Gisenyi lie is a flat plain featuring lava formations from the eruptions of nearby Mount Nyiragongo.
Goma is bordered by Lake Kivu to the south, the Republic of Rwanda to the east, Karisimbi commune to the north, and Masisi Territory to the west. [ 3 ] Administratively, it is divided into seven neighborhoods—Mikeno, Mapendo, Les Volcans, Katindo , Keshero, Himbi, and Lac-Vert—which are further subdivided into 24 cells and 125 avenues.
Idjwi, or Ijwi, is an inland island in Lake Kivu which forms part of South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.At 70 km (43 mi) in length and with an area of 340 km 2 (131 sq mi), it is the second-largest lake island in Africa and the tenth largest in the world.