Koko River (Rutsiro District)
The Koko River is a river in the Rutsiro District of western Rwanda that flows into Lake Kivu.
| Koko River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Rwanda |
| District | Rutsiro District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 1.991504°S 29.354997°E |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Lake Kivu |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Rwishwa River |
It is one of the main rivers draining the western Rwandan mountains into Lake Kivu, the other being the Sebeya River.[1] During the colonial era the river defined the boundary between the Kibuye and Gisenyi Prefectures.[2] The settlements of Gasiza and Murunda are close to the Koko's convergence with the Rwishwa River.[3]
References
Citations
Sources
- "National Nile Basin Water Quality Monitoring Baseline Report for Rwanda" (PDF). Nile Basin Initiative. 2005. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- Newbury, Catherine (1988). The Cohesion of Oppression: Clientship and Ethnicity in Rwanda 1860-1960. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-06256-5. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- "Rutsiro Administrative Map" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
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