The main lakes within, or bordered by, Rwanda are as follows: Lakes Lake Kivu, between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west, is by far the largest Lake Muhazi, about twenty kilometres east of Kigali: a long, narrow lake running roughly east–west and extending north and south into a number of tributary valleys Lake Ihema, in the Akagera National Park in the far east of the country, by the border with Tanzania Lake Rweru in the south-east, which is shared with Burundi Lake Burera, a mountain lake in the north (1862 metres above sea level) Lake Ruhondo, just to the south of Lake Burera, separated from it by a spine of hills Lake Mugesera, about 30 km south-east of Kigali, is a narrow lake consisting of five east–west bays joined at the western side Lake Cohoha South, south of Kigali on the border with Burundi There are a number of smaller, shallow lakes in the flat, swampy region between Lake Mugesera and Lake Rweru. See also References The IUCN Directory of African Wetlands by Robert Mepham (Google-books link at ) http://www.gov.rw/government/geography.html Rwanda Lakes