Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift...
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Kivu was the name for a large "region" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko that bordered Lake Kivu. It included...
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Limnic eruption (redirect from Lake Overturn)
component in the two observed cases, Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun. In Lake Kivu's case, scientists, including lake physicist Alfred Johny Wüest, were also concerned...
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North Kivu (Jimbo la Kivu Kaskazini in Swahili) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital city is...
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Following the Lake Nyos disaster, scientists investigated other African lakes to see if a similar phenomenon could happen elsewhere. In 2005, Lake Kivu in the...
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Great Rift Valley, South Kivu is bordered by Lake Kivu, Burundi, and Tanzania to the east; Maniema Province to the west; North Kivu Province to the north;...
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also in Cameroon, and Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda). In 1986, possibly as the result of a landslide, Lake Nyos suddenly emitted...
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Transport in Rwanda (section Lake Kivu)
destinations, and also has limited transport between the port cities on Lake Kivu.There are currently no railways in Rwanda. A large amount of investments...
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Goma (category Populated places on Lake Kivu)
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...
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Tanganyika Lake Kivu Lake Mweru Lake Bangweulu Lake Malawi, via the Shire River Lake Turkana Lake Rukwa The Great Lakes region (rarely: Greater Lakes region)...
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Bukavu (category Populated places on Lake Kivu)
edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu Province...
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release of CO2 gas; an example of this is Lake Kivu.[citation needed] Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, lies on the border between the Democratic...
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Albertine Rift (section Lakes and rivers)
Mountains between Lake Albert and Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake Rutanzige and Lake Kivu. The Virungas form...
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Retreat at Lake Kivu is an international forum hosted by Never Again International for discussing issues related to genocide at Lake Kivu, Rwanda. The...
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List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi (section Territories east of Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika (including Southern Ruanda and Urundi))
This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, an area equivalent to modern-day Rwanda and Burundi...
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Tourism in Rwanda (section Lake Kivu)
plains, to wetlands, and to lakes. Covering a surface area of 2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi), Lake Kivu is Rwanda’s largest lake and the sixth largest in Africa...
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overall source of the Nile. Rwanda has many lakes, the largest being Lake Kivu. This lake occupies the floor of the Albertine Rift along most of the length...
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Mount Nyiragongo (category Lake Kivu)
Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is about two kilometres (1 mi) wide and usually contains a lava lake. The crater...
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Ruzizi River (category Lake Kivu)
Rivier) is a river, 117 kilometres (73 mi) long, that flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending from about 1,500 metres (4...
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most-used domestic lake waterways are: Kalemie to Kalundu-Uvira on Lake Tanganyika Bukavu to Goma on Lake Kivu Fimi River to Inongo on Lake Mai-Ndombe Irebu...
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Mazuku (section Lake Monoun)
senses in most conditions. Mazuku primarily occur on northern shores of Lake Kivu on both sides of the twin towns of Goma in the Democratic Republic of...
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Nyamuragira (category Lake Kivu)
Republic of the Congo, situated about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Lake Kivu. The name is derived from the Kinyarwanda Bantu verb Kuragira nyamu, meaning...
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Kibuye, Rwanda (category Populated places on Lake Kivu)
the Western Province in Rwanda. The city lies on the eastern shores of Lake Kivu, between Gisenyi and Cyangugu, approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi), by...
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holomictic lakes worldwide is around 1:1000. Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun in Cameroon Lake Kivu in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lake Tanganyika...
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at Lake Nyos, about 100 km (62 mi) north-northwest, killing 1,746 people and more than 3,000 livestock. Along with Lake Nyos and Lake Kivu, Lake Monoun...
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the north of the lake from Lake Kivu. The Malagarasi River, which is Tanzania's second largest river, enters the east side of Lake Tanganyika. The Malagarasi...
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Mai-Mai (section Mai-Mai in North and South Kivu)
activity in North Kivu. In South Kivu, there have historically been concentrations around Walungu and Bunyakiri south of Lake Kivu, around Uvira and Mwenaga...
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between Rwanda and Zaire then led to an exchange of mortar fire over Lake Kivu between the two nations' armed forces. This violence involving the Banyamulenge...
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Idjwi (category Lake Kivu)
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...
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created the African Great Lakes, four of which lie on the Congo's eastern frontier: Lake Albert, Lake Kivu, Lake Edward, and Lake Tanganyika. The rift valley...
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