The Koko River is a river in the
Rutsiro District
Rutsiro is a district (''akarere'') in Western Province, Rwanda. Its headquarter is located in Gihango sector.
About Rutsiro
Rutsiro District is one of the seven Districts making up the Western Province , located 150 km the capital Kigali. I ...
of western
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
that flows into
Lake Kivu.
It is one of the main rivers draining the western Rwandan mountains into Lake Kivu, the other being the
Sebeya River
The Sebeya River is a river in Western Province, Rwanda that empties into Lake Kivu just south of the town of Gisenyi.
Location
The Sebeya river originates in the mountains of Rutsiro District.
It measures 110 km in length watershed includes of ...
.
During the colonial era the river defined the boundary between the Kibuye and Gisenyi Prefectures.
The settlements of Gasiza and Murunda are close to the Koko's convergence with the Rwishwa River.
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Rivers of Rwanda
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