Lake Muhazi

Lake Muhazi
NASA satellite image of Lake Muhazi
Lake Muhazi Show map of Rwanda Lake Muhazi Show map of Africa
Lake Muhazi at the Seeds of Peace centre in Gahini
Coordinates	1°51′S 30°24′E / 1.850°S 30.400°E / -1.850; 30.400
Primary outflows	Nyabugogo River[1]
Catchment area	829 km2 (320 sq mi)[1]
Basin countries	Rwanda
Max. length	37 km (23 mi)[1]
Max. width	0.6 km (0.37 mi)[1]
Surface area	33 km2 (10 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	10 m (33 ft)[1]
Max. depth	14 m (46 ft)[1]
Water volume	0.33 km3 (0 cu mi)[1]
Surface elevation	1,443 m (4,734 ft)[1]
Settlements	Gahini, Rwesero

Lake Muhazi (Kinyarwanda: Ikiyaga cya 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 Kigali Provinces.^[2] It is a flooded valley lake, lying predominantly in an east to west direction, but with numerous offshoots in a north to south direction, formerly the location of tributaries.^[3] The lake has a concrete dam at the western end, constructed in 1999 to replace an earth dam which had existed since time immemorial.^[1] The lake empties into the Nyabugogo River, which flows southwards to Kigali where it meets the Nyabarongo River, part of the upper Nile.^[4]