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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.
Sake is a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the eastern province of North Kivu.It is located at the northwestern extremity of Lake Kivu, 25 km (15 mi) west-northwest of Goma on National Road No. 2, [1] at the edge of the volcanic lava plains in the bottom of the Western Rift Valley, at an elevation of about 1500 m.
The city lies on the eastern shores of Lake Kivu, between Gisenyi and Cyangugu, approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi), by road, west of Kigali, the capital and largest city in the country. [2] The geographical coordinates of the town are: 2°03'42.0"S, 29°20'54.0"E (Latitude:-2.061672; Longitude:29.348344).
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]
Crossing Lake Kivu in its entirety through the Virunga Mountains down to Mount Karisimbi, it divides the cities of Goma/Gisenyi and Bukavu/Cyangugu. [2] [3] Border map from 1965. There was a brief border clash between the two countries in 2012, which resulted in a few soldiers being killed.
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National Road No. 2 is a road in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It runs from Mbuji-Mayi through Bukavu, Goma, and terminates at Beni. [1]In the north, the road runs along the western edge of Virunga National Park until it reaches Kanyabayonga, where it cuts through the park to Rutshuru and then south to Goma, which lies on the northern shore of Lake Kivu around the western shore of Lake ...
Kivu Province was a province in the Belgian Congo, originally called Costermansville Province, that was formed in 1933 from part of the old Orientale Province. The Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) became independent in 1960, and between 1962 and 1966 the province was temporarily broken into the provinces of Maniema , North Kivu and South ...