Lake Muhazi
Lake Muhazi is a long, thin shallow lake in the east of Rwanda. The bulk of the lake lies in the Eastern Province, with the western end forming the border between the Northern and the City of Kigali.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Reneplee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Lac Mahasi”, “Mohasi Lake”, and “Mohazi Lake”
Lake Muhazi
- Categories: lake and reservoir
- Location: Eastern Province, Rwanda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.85368° or 1° 51′ 13″ southLongitude
30.32472° or 30° 19′ 29″ eastElevation
1,445 metres (4,741 feet)Open location code
6GCG48WF+GVOpenStreetMap ID
way 25470189OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Muhazi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Lake Muhazi” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Llac Muhazi”
- French: “Lac Mohasi”
- French: “Lac Mohazi”
- French: “lac Muhazi”
- French: “Lac Muhazi”
- German: “Mohasi-See”
- German: “Muhazi-See”
- German: “Muhazi-Stausee”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Muhazi”
- Kinyarwanda: “Ikiyaga cya Muhazi”
- Russian: “Мугази”
- Russian: “Мухази”
- Ukrainian: “Мугазі”
- Welsh: “Llyn Muhazi”
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