The main lakes within, or bordered by, Rwanda are as follows:
Lakes
A topographic map of Rwanda showing some of the lakes. Lake Muhazi is apparently too narrow to show up on this map. 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.