Lake Kivu

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border lake freshwater lake rift lake

Lake Kivu is a large freshwater lake on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, notable for its scenic volcanic surroundings and vast reserves of dissolved methane gas.

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Label Occurrences
Lake Kivu canonical 18

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border lake ⓘ
freshwater lake ⓘ
rift lake ⓘ
basinCountry Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
borderCity Bukavu ⓘ
Cyangugu ⓘ
Gisenyi ⓘ
Goma ⓘ
containsLargeMethaneResource true ⓘ
countryOnEasternShore Rwanda ⓘ
countryOnWesternShore Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
drainsInto Ruzizi River ⓘ
elevation approximately 1460 meters above sea level ⓘ
flowsSouthTo Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
hasAverageDepth approximately 240 meters ⓘ
hasDissolvedCarbonDioxide true ⓘ
hasDissolvedMethaneReserves true ⓘ
hasIslands Idjwi Island ⓘ
Nkombo Island ⓘ
hasMajorPort Bukavu ⓘ
Cyangugu ⓘ
Gisenyi ⓘ
Goma ⓘ
Gisenyi ⓘ
surface form: Kibuye
hasMaximumDepth approximately 480 meters ⓘ
hasPermanentStratification true ⓘ
hasPotentialHazard gas release from deep waters ⓘ
hasScenicVolcanicSurroundings true ⓘ
hasStratifiedWaterColumn true ⓘ
hasSurfaceArea approximately 2700 square kilometers ⓘ
hasVolcanicOrigin true ⓘ
hasVolume approximately 560 cubic kilometers ⓘ
isNorthOf Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
isPartOfTectonicFeature East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: Western Rift of the East African Rift
isSouthOf Lake Edward ⓘ
knownFor large reserves of dissolved methane gas ⓘ
risk of limnic eruption ⓘ
locatedEastOf Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
locatedWestOf Rwanda ⓘ
methaneUsedFor power generation ⓘ
outflow Ruzizi River ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ
surface form: African Great Lakes region

Congo River ⓘ
surface form: Congo River basin

East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: East African Rift system
usedFor fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East African Rift → contains → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Equatorial lakes region → contains → Lake Kivu ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region
North Kivu Province → hasLakeShore → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Kivu → contains → Lake Kivu ⓘ
South Kivu → borders → Lake Kivu ⓘ
African Great Lakes → containsLake → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Great Lakes peoples → associatedWith → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Great Lakes Region of Africa → contains → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Albertine Rift → contains → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Rift Valley escarpments → borders → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Nyiragongo → locatedNear → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Nyiragongo → nearLake → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → contains → Lake Kivu ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system
Albertine Rift Mountains → borders → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Goma → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Goma → tourismAttraction → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Goma → hasPortOn → Lake Kivu ⓘ
Albert National Park → locatedNear → Lake Kivu ⓘ