Koko River, Rutsiro District

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

Koko River
Location
CountryRwanda
DistrictRutsiro District
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
1.991504°S 29.354997°E / -1.991504; 29.354997
Basin features
River systemLake Kivu
Tributaries 
 • leftRwishwa River

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
  1. National Nile Basin Water...
  2. Newbury 1988, p. 82.
  3. Rutsiro Administrative Map.

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "Rutsiro Administrative Map" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-04-03.


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