The Ruzizi (also sometimes spelled Rusizi, French: Rivière Ruzizi) is a river, 117 kilometres (73 mi) long,[3] that flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending from about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) to about 770 metres (2,530 ft) above sea level over its length.[2][5] The steepest gradients occur over the first 40 kilometres (25 mi), where hydroelectric dams have been built.[4] Further downstream, the Ruzizi Plain, the floor of the Western Rift Valley, has gentle hills,[6] and the river flows into Lake Tanganyika through a delta, with one or two small channels splitting off from the main channel.[5]
The Ruzizi is a young river, formed about 10,000 years ago when volcanism associated with continental rifting created the Virunga Mountains. The mountains blocked Lake Kivu's former outlet to the drainage basin of the Nile and instead forced the lake overflow south down the Ruzizi and the drainage basin of the Congo.
^ abGeolocation with Google Earth
^ abcDerived from geolocation with Google Earth.
^ abFelton, Anna A.; Russell, James M.; Cohen, Andrew S.; Baker, Mark E.; Chesley, John T.; Lezzar, Kiram E.; McGlue, Michael M.; Pigati, Jeffrey S.; Quade, Jay; Curt Stager, J.; Tiercelin, Jean Jacques (2007). "Paleolimnological Evidence for the Onset and Termination of Glacial Aridity from Lake Tanganyika, Tropical East Africa". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 252 (3–4): 405. Bibcode:2007PPP...252..405F. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.04.003.
^ abLamers, Alfred (1990). "Ruzizi II - A Fine Example of Regional Cooperation". Human Info NGO Library for Education and Development. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
^ ab"Google Maps". Google Maps. 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
^"Burundi Wetlands" (PDF). Ramsar. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 14 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
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