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The geography of Rwanda

Known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills,' Rwanda's mountainous topography is a legacy of its location on the Albertine Rift Valley, the western branch of the Great Rift Valley which buckles and tears its way from the Red Sea to Mozambique.

A land-locked country of rivers, lakes and volcanoes, much of Rwanda's west and central regions lie at elevations of between 1 500 and 2 500 metres above sea level. Lake Kivu dominates the country's western border with the DRC and the dense, dripping forests of the Volcanoes National Park, home to the country's fabled gorilla trekking, occupy a sliver of its rugged north-western boundary with Uganda.

Despite intensive agricultural development, large patches of forest still occur in the west of the country, and the Nyungwe Forest National Park occupies a large, irregular portion of the bulge at Rwanda's southwest border with Burundi.

Rwanda's capital, Kigali, is located slightly southeast of the country's centre.

The lower and flatter land of the Lake Victoria Basin is found in the eastern part of the country, and support a very different vegetation. Savannah woodland and acacia-dominated grasslands are found at the Akagera National Park, home to the more familiar wildlife of East Africa's open plains.

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  • Area of Rwanda in square kilometres: 26338 km2

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