Lake Gitamo (, ), or Lake Nagitamo is a lake in the
Kirundo Province
Kirundo Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, in north of the country bordering Rwanda.
The economy is mostly based on agriculture, with a dispersed population and few sizable communities.
Before 1970 large parts of the province we ...
of
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 ...
.
Location
Lake Gitamo is in the
Commune of Bugabira
The commune of Bugabira is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi.
The capital is Bugabira.
There are health centers at Muyange and Ruhehe.
Location
The Commune of Bugabira is bordered by Rwanda to the northwest and northeast, by th ...
.
It empties into a marshy corridor that leads from
Lake Rwihinda and
Lake Narungazi
Lake Narungazi (), or Lake Narugazi, Lake Narunganzi, is a lake in the Commune of Ntega in Kirundo Province of Burundi.
Location
Lake Narungazi is in the Commune of Ntega, Kirundo Province, to the east of Mugendo.
It is west of Lake Rwihinda an ...
to the
Akanyaru River
The Akanyaru River is the main tributary of the Nyabarongo River. It rises in the western highlands of Rwanda and Burundi, flows east and then north along the border between those countries before joining the Nyabarongo River. The lower stretches c ...
.
It is south of
Lake Gacamirindi, which also drains to the Akanyaru River.
Ruhehe is to the north-northwest.
Lake Gitamo covers .
Protection
Lake Gitama is protected as an "Integral Zone", where human presence will be phased out.
Buffer zones, or belts of land at least wide, will be established around the zone.
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