Lake Kivu
Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 1,463 metres (4,800 feet)
- Description: meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
- Also known as“Kivu Lac”“Lac Kivu”
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- Location
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Latitude
-2° or 2° south
Longitude
29.16667° or 29° 10′ east
Open location code
6GCF2528+2M
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Kivu” goes by many names.
KivumeerAfrikaans
بحيرة كيفوArabic
ԿիվուArmenian
Կիվու (լիճ)Armenian
Llagu KivuAsturian
KivuAzerbaijani
KivuBasque
Kivu aintziraBasque
Kivu lakuaBasque
КівуBelarusian
কিভু হ্রদBengali
किवू झीलBhojpuri
Lenn KivuBreton
КивуBulgarian
ကိဗုကန်Burmese
Llac KivuCatalan
Lac KivuCebuano
Danaw KivuCentral Bikol
基伍湖Chinese
基伏湖Chinese
КивуChuvash
KivuCroatian
Jezero KivuCzech
KivuCzech
KivusøenDanish
Lake KivuDanish
KivoemeerDutch
Kivu MeerDutch
Lake KivuDutch
بحيرة كيفوEgyptian Arabic
KivuEsperanto
KivuoEsperanto
Kivu järvEstonian
Kivu-järviFinnish
Lago KivuGalician
კივუGeorgian
კივუს ტბაGeorgian
Lake KivuGhanaian Pidgin English
Λίμνη ΚίβουGreek
Tafkin KivuHausa
אגם קיווHebrew
कीवू झीलHindi
Kivu-tóHungarian
Danau KivuIndonesian
KivuIndonesian
Lago KivuItalian
キヴー湖Japanese
キヴ湖Japanese
キブー湖Japanese
キブ湖Japanese
КивуKazakh
Ikiyaga cya KivuKinyarwanda
Nzo ya kivuKongo
키부호Korean
Kivu ezersLatvian
Lake KivuLatvian
KivuLingala
Liziba KivuLingala
KivuLithuanian
Kivu ežerasLithuanian
Kiwuski jazorLower Sorbian
lake KivuLuba-Lulua
KiwuséiLuxembourgish
КивуMacedonian
Lake KivuMalayalam
കിവു തടാകംMalayalam
کیوو دریاچهMazanderani
Danau KivuMinangkabau
კივუშ ტობაMingrelian
KivusjøenNorwegian
KivusjøenNorwegian Bokmål
KivusjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
Lac KivuOccitan (post 1500)
ਕੀਵੂ ਝੀਲPanjabi
درياچهٔ كيووPersian
دریاچهٔ کیووPersian
Jezioro KiwuPolish
KivuPolish
KiwuPolish
Lacul KivuRomanian
КивуRussian
Jezero KivuSerbian
Језеро КивуSerbian
КивуSerbian
KivuSerbo-Croatian
Kivu (jezero)Serbo-Croatian
KivuSlovak
jezero KivuSlovenian
KivuSlovenian
Lac KivuSwahili
Ziwa KivuSwahili
KivusjönSwedish
Lac KivuSwedish
Lake KivuSwedish
Lake KivuThai
ทะเลสาบกีวูThai
ทะเลสาบคีวูThai
Kivu GölüTurkish
КівуUkrainian
Kiwuski jězorUpper Sorbian
جھیل کیووUrdu
کیوو جھیلUrdu
KivuUzbek
Lago KivuVenetian
Hồ KivuVietnamese
KivuVietnamese
Danaw KivuWaray (Philippines)
Llyn KivuWelsh
جھیل کیووWestern Panjabi
基呒湖Wu Chinese
基伏湖Yue Chinese
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