Koko River, Rutsiro District

Koko River
Country Rwanda
District Rutsiro District
Physical characteristics
River mouth 1°59′29″S 29°21′18″E / 1.991504°S 29.354997°E / -1.991504; 29.354997Coordinates: 1°59′29″S 29°21′18″E / 1.991504°S 29.354997°E / -1.991504; 29.354997
Basin features
River system Lake Kivu
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Rwishwa River

The Koko River is a river in the Rutsiro District of western Rwanda that flows into Lake Kivu.

It is one of the main rivers draining the western Rwandan mountains into Lake Kivu, the other being the Sebeya River.[1] During the colonial era the river defined the boundary between the Kibuye and Gisenyi Prefectures.[2] The settlements of Gasiza and Murunda are close to the Koko's convergence with the Rwishwa River.[3]

References

Citations

Sources

  • "National Nile Basin Water Quality Monitoring Baseline Report for Rwanda" (PDF). Nile Basin Initiative. 2005. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  • Newbury, Catherine (1988). The Cohesion of Oppression: Clientship and Ethnicity in Rwanda 1860-1960. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-06256-5. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  • "Rutsiro Administrative Map" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Retrieved 2013-04-03.


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