Lake Cyohoha South or Cyohoha Sud as it is known in

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

or Lake Cohoha in

Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

is a small lake in East Africa. It straddles the border between

and

Name

In Rwanda, the lake is known as Cyohoha South to differentiate it from the nearby much smaller Cyohoha North 10 miles north in Rwanda. In

, it is simply known as Cohoha.

Location

Lake Cyohoha is ten miles West of the larger

Lake Rweru Lake Rweru is a lake close to the northernmost point of Burundi in central Africa. The northern shore of the lake forms part of Burundi's border with Rwanda. It is the most distant origin point of the Nile River. The Kagera River, considered by ma ...

, the second lake on the

border. It is a narrow yet very long lake with many branches. It is largely bisected by the border between Rwanda and Burundi, however, its southern portion extends entirely into Burundi. Lake Cyohoha is long, and has an average width of . The maximum width is . The lake covers , of which are in Rwanda and belong to Burundi.

Hydrology

Lake Cohoha is fed by the Rugamura Marsh, which in turn is fed by the Gatunguru River, the Runyoni River and the Nduruma River. The Nduruma River is fed by the Matonnyanga to the north of Mukerwas ''colline'', by the Runyuiya to the south of Rwimbogo ''colline'' and by the Gasuga, which forms between the Kabirizi and Butihinda ''collines''. Lake Cyohoha South just as its cousin Cyohoha North empties into the Akanyaru River via a series of marshlands that connect these lakes to the river.

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* * * {{Attached KML Cohoha Cyohoha South Burundi–Rwanda border Cyohoha