The Ruzizi River flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending rapidly from about 1,500 metres above sea level to about 770 metres above sea level over its length. At its southern end, the Ruzizi Plain has only gentle hills, and the River flows into Lake Tanganyika through a delta. Its overall length is 117 km (73 miles) and the age 10.6 ka, although southern overflow of Lake Kivu may have ceased for 2000 years between 8-6...
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The Ruzizi River flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending rapidly from about 1,500 metres above sea level to about 770 metres above sea level over its length. At its southern end, the Ruzizi Plain has only gentle hills, and the River flows into Lake Tanganyika through a delta. Its overall length is 117 km (73 miles) and the age 10.6 ka, although southern overflow of Lake Kivu may have ceased for 2000 years between 8-6 ka.
It delineates the southern border of Rwanda with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and, along with Lake Tanganyika, it forms the border between the DRC and Burundi. The Fizi-Baraka mountains tower over the river. The Bridge of Concord links the DRC and Burundi, near its mouth.
It is known by the locals living along this river that the great man-eating crocodile Gustave roams around the banks of the Ruzizi River and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gustave continues to terrorize the villagers who come across this River and...
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