River
Ruhwa River
50 km from source to mouth · Rwanda and Burundi.
Rwanda and Burundi3rd longest in Rwanda
In numbers
Length
50km
Average flow
6.0m³/s
Basin
620km²
Drop
870m
from 1,798 m to 928 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
50 km of river and 0 stops on the way: 0 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 1,798 m
- 50 kmMouthat 928 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Burundi
At the mouth it carries 6.0 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 415 seconds. It drops from 1,798 m to 928 m, 18 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 620 km².
Where to start
- BugaramaLargest city on its banks · 31,086 people
- Kamembe Airport (KME)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 28 km from the cityCar hire in KigaliDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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35mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Mountains at the source (35)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Bigugu12 km away2,954m
- Rutagara4.1 km away2,589m
- Nyabihu12 km away2,581m
- Bunyangurube6.3 km away2,568m
- Rukwekwe12 km away2,476m
- Bigazi7.7 km away2,437m
- Pindura7.4 km away2,431m
- Kibili14 km away2,408m
27 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Ruhwa River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (1)
Also: Koko River, Rusizi District
In the same basin
Angola4,700 km41,800 m³/sKasai River
Republic of the Congo2,272 km12,000 m³/sUbangi River
Central African Republic1,060 km5,900 m³/sKwango River
DR Congo1,770 km2,700 m³/sUeleDR Congo1,210 km1,500 m³/sLomami RiverDR Congo1,280 km3,000 m³/sSanghaRepublic of the Congo785 km2,500 m³/sEbola RiverDR Congo250 km320 m³/sMbomou RiverCentral African Republic800 km1,300 m³/sLuvua RiverDR Congo350 km600 m³/sNearby
Rivers nearby
Burundi117 km400 m³/s77 km awayMugere RiverBurundi293 km100 m³/s86 km awayMubarazi RiverBurundi67 km28 m³/s111 km awayNyabarongo RiverRwanda300 km110 m³/s154 km awayAkanyaru RiverRwanda212 km110 m³/s139 km awayRurubu River
Tanzania300 km100 m³/s197 km awayMalagarasi RiverTanzania475 km340 m³/s294 km awayKagera River
Uganda400 km350 m³/s364 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q15273757) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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