Rurubu River

The Ruvubu River is a river in central Africa whose waters gather from the most distant, southern portion of the Nile basin. It has a total length of 416 kilometres and a drainage basin of 14,000 km2.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rusumo Falls and Rusumo Hydroelectric Power Station.

Waterfall
is a waterfall located on the on the border between and , part of the most distant headwaters of the river Nile.

Power station
The , also known as the Rusumo Power Station, is an operational hydropower plant, with initial capacity installation of 80 megawatts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rusumo.

Town
, is a town in in the of .

Rurubu River

Latitude
-2.38861° or 2° 23′ 19″ south
Longitude
30.78111° or 30° 46′ 52″ east
Elevation
1,321 metres (4,334 feet)
Open location code
6G9GJQ6J+HC
Geo­Names ID
150366
Wiki­data ID
Q1499639
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Satellite Map

Discover Rurubu River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Rurubu River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Rurubu
  • Bulgarian: Рурубу
  • Catalan: Riu Rurubu
  • Cebuano: Ruvubu
  • Chinese: 魯武武河
  • Chinese: 鲁武武河
  • Croatian: Ruvubu
  • Croatian: Ruvuvu
  • Dutch: Rurubu River
  • Esperanto: Rurubu (rivero)
  • Esperanto: Rurubu
  • Estonian: Ruvubu
  • Estonian: Ruvuvu jõgi
  • Estonian: Ruvuvu
  • Finnish: Ruvubu
  • French: Ruburu
  • French: Ruvubu
  • French: Ruvuvu
  • German: Ruvusu
  • German: Ruvuvu
  • Hausa: Kogin Rurubu
  • Hebrew: רורובו
  • Indonesian: Sungai Ruvubu
  • Irish: Abhainn Rurubu
  • Italian: Ruvubu
  • Japanese: ルブブ川
  • Kinyarwanda: Umugezi wa Rurubu
  • Latvian: Ruvuvu
  • Lithuanian: Ruvuvu
  • Macedonian: Рувубу
  • Macedonian: Рувуву
  • Macedonian: Рурубу
  • Nauru: Rurubu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ruvubu
  • Norwegian: Ruvubu
  • Polish: Rurubu
  • Polish: Ruvubu
  • Polish: Ruvuvu
  • Portuguese: Rio Rurubu
  • Portuguese: Rio Ruvubu
  • Portuguese: Rio Ruvuvu
  • Rundi: Rurubu
  • Serbian: Ruvubu
  • Serbian: Рувубу
  • Serbian: Рувуву
  • Spanish: Río Rurubu
  • Swahili: Mto Ruvuvu
  • Swedish: Rurubufloden
  • Swedish: Ruvubufloden
  • Swedish: Ruvuvufloden
  • Ukrainian: Рурубу
  • Uzbek: Rurubu River
  • Vietnamese: Sông Ruhuhu
  • Welsh: Afon Rurubu

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rusomo Hydroelectric Dam and Rusomo International Bridge.

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