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Rwandan lake in the complex. Lakes Birara and Sake also lie along the left bank of the river. The lakes on the right bank, from north to south, are Gashanga, Kidogo, Rumira, Maravi, Kilimbi, Gaharwa, Rweru and Kanzigiri.
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Nyawarungu runs northward through the mountain chain in a deep valley roughly parallel to Lake Kivu and about the same elevation of about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). At
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Nyabarongo River Wetland and Its Conservation in Rwanda".
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delta. Almost all the branches of the
Nyabarongo delta empty in the lake, however, one branch of the delta empties directly in the just formed Kagera river. The
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750:"Exploring the Nyabarongo river"
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852:Society & Natural Resources
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217:1,323 m (4,341 ft)
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555:white-winged scrub-warbler
398:Canoeing on the Nyabarongo
1300:Protected areas of Rwanda
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1075:Rwanda/Burundi Travel Map
567:Chloropeta gracilirostris
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1289:Categories
1187:Nile Basin
1135:2013-03-25
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1065:2013-03-25
1038:2011-12-02
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605:References
468:Lake Rweru
419:Lake Rweru
339:River Nile
292:Lake Rweru
276:Nyawarungu
272:Nyabarongo
187:30°46′49″E
124:29°34′04″E
18:Nyabarongo
1206:Mbirurume
1197:/ Akagera
915:0268-540X
880:157257014
872:0894-1920
610:Citations
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360:Mbirurume
352:Lake Kivu
184:2°23′24″S
121:2°12′13″S
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1221:Mukungwa
1216:Rukarara
1093:"RWANDA"
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